2 Gazette 2 January 2014
dublin GAZETTe campaign January 6 deadline for submissions council: protected newspapers structures i n f o r m at i o n €140k
boost for local heritage
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Laura Webb
An artist impression of proposed pedestrian crossing at Porterstown Level Crossing
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Residents asked to reject footbridge Laura Webb
Residents who objected to the closure of Porterstown levelcrossing are also being asked to reject proposals to build a footbridge over it. Locals had until
December 13 to send in submissions and observations on a planning notice to close the levelcrossing at Porterstown Road. Now a Part 8 or public consultation phase for a pedestrian bridge over the level crossing,
which is not accessible to wheelchair users, people with buggies or cyclists, is coming to an end and residents have until January 6 to make their opinions known to the council. In November, a well attended public meeting headed by local resident David Hughes, outlined the main reasons for rejecting the planning notices, with objections including further traffic congestion at St Mochta’s school, creating two cul-de-sacs means more dumping and the fact the pedestrian bridge was not universally accessible. A campaign, Keep Por terstow n Road Open, was set up by local residents and a petition to get locals to make their views known to the council was launched with 420 people signing it.
Speaking to The Gazette, Castleknock councillor Mags Murray (FF) said the money being spent on a pedestrian bridge should instead go to conserving the area’s heritage. “This area has been swallowed up by new development, so I would be highly opposed to anything that is going to take away any part of the community, in the format that we are used to. “[The footbridge] is going to have such limited use. If you are going to take something away, you have to replace it with something at least of the same standard or better, you don’t replace it with something that only a fraction of the community can use. “I would call on people to put in a submission to this [pedestrian bridge] too,” she said.
An allocation of €140,000 has been given to Fingal to assist with repairs and conservation of protected structures. The allocation is part of a new €5 million fund the Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme recently announced by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to support a number of projects on protected buildings across the country. There are currently 793 protected structures in Fingal. According to a council spokesperson, the funding will “assist approved applicants with repairs by providing match funding for approved works”. Commenting on the funding, Labour councillor Mary McCamley said such funding is important to help keep local heritage alive. “It is important to look to the future and build for the future, but we also need to remember what went on in the past. “I would like to see something done with the Shackleton Mills. We have wanted to do something with that for some time. “This part of the constituency could be a great tourist attraction because there is so much history here. Also, the school by Porterstown Village, that structure has been sitting there for some time, things like that could be looked at. “This is something we will have to discuss at the next council meeting,” she added.