A new pedestrian crossing at Swords Manor has been given funding as part of the Fingal County Council’s Programme of Works for 2022. This comes following ongoing complaints of dangerous bus parking and speeding in the area making access to the park dangerous for park users. The location had been used frequently by bus drivers…
Shock was expressed from a number of Swords residents yesterday following the removal of a number of mature trees from the Ushers Lake area. On the back of this local Green Party Councillor Ian Carey is calling for the masterplan for the park to progress to consultation immediately. The works were being done by contractors…
Fingal County Council have been given the go ahead by An Bord Pleanála for upgrades to the old Swords Bypass, the R132. In an update to councillors earlier this week the Chief Executive said: “The Council was pleased to recently receive An Bord Pleanála’s notification of the successful granting of planning permission for the R132…
Airport noise is about to increase significantly in Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Hollystown, St Margarets, Coolquay, Rolestown and more. If current proposals from the Airport Noise Competent Authority (ANCA) proceed, there will be a big increase in night time noise in many Fingal communities. Next week there will be a free online talk from internationally renowned…
Fingal County Council have reaffirmed their commitment to identify a site for a new primary care facility in Swords, in conjuction with the HSE. Following a motion from Cllr Ann Graves (Sinn Féin) at the Development Plan meeting this week, council officials have committed again to work with the HSE to identify a suitable site…
Fingal County Council will encourage the development of ‘car free’ neighbourhoods in the coming years, following agreement at a recent Development Plan meeting. Inspired by the positive experiences of communities in Utrecht and Houten in the Netherlands, councillors agreed wording that would ‘encourage the development of car free neighbourhoods and streets’ in the new Fingal…
Vegetation in the Ward River Valley is to be removed to provide access to Ushers Lake, in the coming week. In addition to access, there will also be vegetation removed from sensitive architectural features. Swords councillors were informed today the following: It is planned to carry out the second phase of essential vegetation removal in…
A major commitment to develop a necklace of open spaces around Swords and to redevelop the Ward River Valley Regional Park will be contained in the new Fingal Development Plan. Following a motion from Green Party Councillor Ian Carey, Fingal officials last night recommended a strong extra commitment around open spaces which will now be…
Just two schools in the Swords LEA have received funding for minor works over the summer months. Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today (24 January 2022) announced funding of €65 million for the approval of 497 projects under the 2022 Summer Works Scheme. The Old Borough National School in Swords will receive funding…
This week councillors start a series meetings as part of the next phase of the new Development Plan process. Well what does that mean? So… the officials have now created a new draft document that has gone to councillors for consideration and these meetings will deal with changes being put forward by the councillors. The…