Objection to Gallops Avenue

As a resident in this county who votes in this constituency, I wish to make a submission on the above county development plan.

I object to the inclusion of ‘The Gallops Avenue’ in this plan (Chapter 5 and Table 5.4 - Priority Road and Bridge Projects). This road proposal will not address the transport and movement needs of the county and our county deserves better. Furthermore, it does not have the support of the majority of Naas residents as evidenced by the many thousand submissions over the years to the various Local Area Plans, Transport Strategy etc. This road proposal was democratically defeated in 2019 by Naas councillors (6:1 votes) who are on the record in Naas MD Council minutes as stating this road proposal is outdated and not fit for purpose. It is entirely unacceptable to disregard this democratic decision and continue to attempt to include it county development plans, The proposed Gallops Ave road must be deleted from the county development plan. To actually see this resubmission is a disgrace and flies in the face of local democracy. This was a 30-year-old proposal that is significantly outdated in today's ever-expanding town of Naas where the only logical solution is a properly planned orbital route that would properly minimise traffic bottleneck and improve traffic flow and was option 6 which was rejected for some reason due to flawed methodologies.