Sir, – Is it just me or is Eamon Ryan on a mission to send Northsiders in Dublin to further despair?
Plans for further road closures in the city centre and an open-air plaza at Custom House Quay – for a city with one of the wettest climates in Europe and the highest traffic congestion rates?
Nobody wants this. Dublin is our city, not the Green Party’s.
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SUSAN WHATELY,
Dublin 13.
Sir, – Regarding the changes to vehicle access to Dublin City Centre, has any consideration been given to disabled driver and passenger access? The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan talks of cycling and walking as being the future of Dublin. As someone who can neither walk nor cycle, it demonstrates and illustrates the complete disregard for the disabled community. I drive a car, and use a wheelchair to navigate through the city. How am I and other disabled citizens going to access the city if we can’t use our cars? Not all disabled people can use public transport yet but the council is putting more barriers in our way of trying to live a normal life. – Yours, etc,
JOE ROE,
Dublin 12.
Sir, – I would like to commend our Dublin city councillors for stepping up in a world grappling with the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, despite facing criticism and resistance from the pro-car lobby.
Our councillors must continue to emphasise the broader benefits of these proposals to the citizens of Dublin: improved air quality, reduced noise pollution, reduced traffic accidents, improved ease of movement for active travellers, increased public spaces for communal activities and the physical and mental health benefits that Dubliners will gain from these. Where there are issues, solutions will be found, but it is unreasonable to expect that nobody will be inconvenienced. – Yours, etc,
CHRIS GARVEY,
Dublin 9.