Limerick City and County Council, in partnership with the National Transport Authority and Jacobs Consultants, have commenced the development of a new Limerick City Centre Transport Plan, as mandated by Objective TR 046 of the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028.
Key Objectives:
The overarching objective of the Transport Plan is to create a City Centre where people will seek to live, shop, work, invest and socialise. To achieve this objective, the Plan will focus on the transport needs of Limerick City, considering the likely future growth in the central city area and the requirements of the city to facilitate its main commuter routes / corridors.
The work will culminate in the Limerick City Centre Transport Plan which will set down how the provision of transportation will change to facilitate the implementation of both the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 and Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (LSMATS), outline potential new transport network arrangements to ensure that the transportation provision within the city is balanced towards the movement of people and goods rather than the movement of private vehicles.
Preparation of the plan follows 7 clearly defined steps
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Step |
Status |
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1. |
Inception |
Complete |
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Establish Scope & Objectives (includes Pre-draft survey, Gap analysis) |
Complete |
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3. |
Baseline Assessment (Includes retail survey, policy review, Parking & access overview etc.) |
Complete |
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Option Identification & Development (Includes modelling & multi-criteria analysis, case studies etc.) |
Well advanced |
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5. |
Plan Preparation (includes environmental assessments) |
Q4-2024 |
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6. |
Public Consultation (includes Stakeholder engagement) |
Q1-2025 |
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7. |
Plan finalisation |
2025 |
Once complete, the plan will comprise a non-technical report which will present the preferred transport network developments and associated public realm improvements within Limerick City Centre.
To inform the development of the Transport Plan, Limerick City and County Council carried out a number of surveys in July 2024.
- Pre-Draft Survey
- Limerick City Centre Shopper Survey
The purpose of these surveys is to collect feedback on the existing travel patterns in Limerick City Centre and to request the views of people on the existing transport network and to any potential changes & the results can be viewed in the links below.
The insights gathered from the survey will guide the development of the Draft Limerick City Centre Transport Plan.
Stay Informed:
For further details about the Limerick City Centre Transport Plan or if you have any questions, please contact us at transportplan@limerick.ie