Protect East Meath yesterday lodged observations against a proposed development at Rathmullan in Drogheda for 661 housing units. The observation draws attention to the chronic traffic situation in Julianstown that will be worsened by this huge car-dependent development. There are also concerns about bats, birds and otters. You can download the submission from here or […]
Protect East Meath and Coreet Ltd confirm that by agreement the Judicial Review lodged by Protect East Meath has been withdrawn. Protect East Meath, together with the Julianstown and District Community Association, will now be in a position to analyse the environment in Julianstown and will be able to retain the required consultants to develop […]
Protect East Meath lodged an objection to proposals to develop 450 housing units with an entrance from the Marsh Road opposite the FloGas site. This development has to potential to accommodate more than 1,200 people and will add 1000’s of car journeys to the already overburdened road network. Of major concern are traffic, air pollution […]
Based on an FOI request by Right to Know, EastMeath.Org has received this draft traffic appraisal making the economic case for a bypass of Julianstown. It was prepared by Meath County Council and submitted in December to the Department of Transport. It is still in draft form and the Department has not commented on it.
Dear East Meath Resident,A presentation by Mr. Nicholas Whyatt (senior engineer) of Meath Council to a meeting of the Laytown / Bettystown municipal area Councillors, took place on the 18th January at the Duleek civic offices. The presentation concerned the proposed traffic calming initiative for Julianstown by the Council and the proposed bye pass of […]
Dear East Meath Resident, Attached is a note of a meeting between JDCA representatives and Mr. Nicholas Whyatt of MCC to establish the position regarding the implementation of traffic calming measures in Julianstown, which is self explanatory. As you can see MCC have design capacity problems regarding this project. It has been indicated that progress […]
In a briefing released under FOI legislation Transport Infrastructure Ireland has finally admitted that the M1 motorway was never intended to solve the traffic problems in Julianstown. The briefing, prepared for Deputy Imelda Munster, analysed the effect of removing the Donore Road sliproad tolls. These tolls are a bone of contention for the retail parks […]
May saw a huge increase in traffic on Julianstown Main Street as house building starts anew in the East Meath region. Equipment maintained by Transport Infrastructure Ireland next to the primary school in the historic East Meath village counted an average of 21,313 vehicles per day including 22,263 per weekday when commuters travel to and from […]
We have just be provided with a report commissioned by Transport Infrastructure Ireland into what effect removing the tolls on the slip roads at Donore would have. The report was released to the NGO Right to Know and passed to us. While the report concludes that tolling should not be removed, it acknowledges that overall […]