Dublin City Council Consultations

A Consultation on the Traffic Free proposal for Capel Street was held between the 11^th March to 4^th April 2022

We asked?

• Are you a resident, business, public representative, general public, other?
• How will this proposal affect you?
• Do you have any suggestions for further improving the proposal?
• Do you have any concerns about the proposal?

1,766 submissions were received

Dublin City Council has compiled a report on the non-statutory consultation (available below). This was presented to Central Area Councillors on the 27^th April who unanimously adopted the report which is to be implemented in May.

Public Realm improvement is a priority for Dublin City Council as we pursue the implementation of the ‘Your City - Your Space’, Dublin City’s Public Realm Strategy (2012) and ‘The Heart of Dublin’ Public Realm Master Plan (2016). The next phase of the Grafton Street Quarter public realm improvements includes Duke Street, Anne Street South, Lemon Street, Duke Lane Upper, Duke Lane Lower and Anne’s Lane.  

Dublin City Council carried out a non-statutory public consultation from 31^st January 2022 to 20^th February 2022. We asked:

1 - “How has increased pedestrianisation of Anne Street South affected your experience?”

2 - “What are the benefits and negative impacts as a result of these changes?”

3 - “What would you like to see included and prioritised as part of the public realm scheme?

294 no. submissions were received as part of the non-statutory public consultation process.

Dublin City Council has compiled a summary report. This summary report outlines the themes arising from submissions. It should be noted that any views, thoughts and opinions presented in the summary report are those submitted during the non-statutory public consultation, and are not Dublin City Council’s.

Dublin City Council sought to gather feedback on the traffic free evenings and future improvements for Capel Street and Parliament street.

This consultation sought people’s views on:

• Their experience of the Traffic free weekend evenings and

• What worked, what didn’t work from a resident, business owner and street user perspective? 

• What options should be further explored for both Capel Street and Parliament Street

• Any suggestions people may have for improvements, changes etc.

6,957 submissions were received as part of the non-statutory public consultation process.

Dublin City Council has compiled a summary report. It should be noted that any views, thoughts and opinions presented in the summary report are those submitted during the non-statutory public consultation, and are not Dublin City Councils. The summary report is available at the bottom of this page.