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The Green Party has
criticised the decision by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown county Council to
demolish a number of 19th century cottages on Yankee Terrace in
Blackrock. The cottages are being demolished so that construction
can begin on the Monkstown Ring Road, a stretch of road that will
run 1100 metres from Carysfort Avenue to Deansgrange Road.
The controversial Monkstown Ring Road scheme was opposed by the
Green Party in 2006. At an An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing about the
application in February 2006, local Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe
drew
particular attention to the fact that the cottages on Yankee Terrace
should be retained.
Deputy Cuffe said "The Environmental Impact Statement in the report
concealed the view of the County Architect that the Yankee Terrace
cottages should be retained. I feel it's a real shame to see their
destruction for a road that is environmentally unsustainable and
which will create more problems than it will solve"
Local Green Party councillor Nessa Childers who opposed construction
the Monkstown Ring Road said "Tearing down these cottages in
unnecessary and it could have been avoided. They should have been
left intact in the first place and the road shouldn't be there. I
tabled a motion in the Council to have the road scheme removed from
the County Development Plan, which was defeated. It's a shame some
of the councillors from other political parties didn't share my
point of view on this issue. |
