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So says an Irish Times Reader in a letter to the editor. Mr Quinn outlines how Baggot Street, a mixed use street, will be just one of the victims of the NTA’s ill-conceived scheme. He particularly wonders why we should believe the NTA about how they are going to solve the doomsday scenarios they portray

Rathgar and Terenure Residents highlight the amount of trees and hedges that will be cut down to make way for concrete corridors. Two hundred year old trees, beautiful specimens and plain old greenery – all the things that makes our suburbs so wonderful. See more herehttps://t.co/NCimJIDBk9

TRA AGM is being held in St. Josephs Parish Hall on Tuesday 16th April at 7.30pm. Local representatives and Gardai Siochana have been invited. All residents are welcome to attend. For further details see terenureresidentsassociation.ie

Rathgar residents have joined with neighbours from Terenure, Templeogue and Rathfarnham to protest at the NTA’s plans for Bus Corridor route 12. These plans propose extreme road widening through conservation areas of Dublin, damaging the viability of historical villages of Terenure and Rathgar, dividing communities and destroying the very streetscapes that make Dublin special. Residents

Rathgar resident, succinctly communicates the lunacy of the proposed bus corridor in one, well crafted sentence in a letter to The Irish Times today. Read the letter here

Protected structures on roads including Rathfarnham Road, Terenure Road East and Rathgar Road stand to lose up to 6 metres of garden under plans by the NTA for dedicated bus corridors to the city centre. Historic decorative cast-iron railings, granite plinth and walls, as well as architectural setting of protected homes ‘would be destroyed by

Ciaran Cuffe welcomes reorganisation of bus services in Dublin but cautions that changes in plans are required to ensure improvements are integrated into city’s development. Read his submission here.