Dublin Mountains car-parking being assessed

SOUTH DUBLIN County Council are currently assessing car-parking provision in the Dublin Mountains, the Rathfarnham-Templeogue-Terenure Area Committee of SDCC heard last week.

Councillor Dermot Looney put down a question asking the Chief Executive “for an update on any consultations with Dublin City Council or Irish Water, or any study undertaken by the Council, with regard to the amenity of Bohernabreena Waterworks; to ask if there are any proposals to expand car parking facilities, toilets, etc at the site, and to make a statement on the matter?”

The council replied that in the context of the South Dublin Tourism Strategy “all resources were assessed for tourism potential and the recent very successful and first Gaelforce Dublin event is evidence of the council’s commitment to tourism development in this area of the Dublin Mountains”.

The council said that the use of the reservoir for the scale and range of activity involved in the Gaelforce was a first for the County.

The council added: “However, longer-term amenity development will be subject to the sensitivity that there are a number of residents living in the area, and the evolving needs of the city in terms of water supply, which need to be balanced”.

The council said that through its funding and participation in the Dublin Mountains Partnership it is assessing general car-parking provision in the Dublin Mountains in the context of the significant growth of visitation levels to the area.
The assessment will include Bohernabreena.