BusConnects

BusConnects Overview

BusConnects is the National Transport Authority’s programme to greatly improve bus services in Irish cities and will also include significant enhancements to both cycling and pedestrian facilities. A key element of the BusConnects project is the development of  Core Bus Corridors (CBCs), two of which fall within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Details of these corridors, including Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Compulsory Purchase Order, Appropriate Assessment Screening Report, Natura Impact Statement and Supplementary Information are all available on the BusConnects website.

BusConnects Submissions

At each stage of the BusConnects Non-Statutory Public Consultation process, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council reviewed the proposals and made submissions to the NTA as follows-

Submissions on the BusConnects Core Bus Corridors (CBCs) Infrastructure Works:

• December 2020 - Round 3 Public Consultation - Submission on CBC Infrastructure Works
• April 2020 - Round 2 Public Consultation - Submission on CBC Infrastructure Works
• May 2019 – Round 1 Public Consultation - Submission on CBC Infrastructure Works

Submissions on the BusConnects Bus Services Network Redesign:

• December 2019 - Round 2 Public Consultation – Submission on Network Redesign
• September 2018 - Round 1 Public Consultation – Submission on Network Redesign

Submissions on the Core Bus Corridor Schemes:

• Submissions on the BusConnects CBC - Belfield to Blackrock to City
• Submission on the BusConnects CBC - Bray to City. 

BusConnects Service Upgrade at Harbour Road, Dún Laoghaire (Section 38 Scheme)

BusConnects also sees the delivery of improved local bus routes and services. As part of this Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, are working with AECOM consulting engineers to facilitate a BusConnects service upgrade for Dún Laoghaire town. As a result 8 new bus services are proposed to terminate at Dún Laoghaire DART Station. To accommodate these new services additional bus layover spaces are required. Following a review of the area by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the National Transport Authority, Harbour Road (beside the DART station) was identified as the preferred location for these additional bus layover spaces.  It is anticipated that work on this scheme will commence at the end of 2025.

• Scheme Brochure (Ancillary documents can be found below).
• Public Consultation