Donabate Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council

9.0 Environmental Improvements
Playground
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AREA 4
Southern Gateway
This area is an important gateway to the town centre. The carriageway will be
reduced to a consistent width of 6.5 metres and bus stops rationalised. Rumble
strips of rough-cut granite setts will be introduced at regular intervals as a traffic
calming measure. The brick wall to the western edge of the park fronting onto
the Main Street will be removed, allowing greater permeability. The edge will be
reinforced by the reinstatement of a double line of trees, the remnants of which is
still apparent. Bollards will prevent traffic entering the park, and a circular planting
bed will provide a focal point within the park. Benches along the perimeter will
be provided. A new line of street trees will be planted inside the graveyard wall
to define the corner, and will extend northwards in the paved surface.Along the
boundary wall opposite, low growing flowering cherries will frame views of the
church. Further tree planting on the churches northern boundary will screen the
recent development. Signage at the junction will be rationalised and appropriate
street furniture used.
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