Dublin traffic plan

Sir, – Presenting the report on the draft Dublin City Transport plan to the council’s recent monthly meeting, executive manager for environment and transport Brendan O’Brien is reported to have said that the public consultation process run by Dublin City Council on the plan received more than 3,000 responses which demonstrated a high level of engagement (“‘Bus gates’ on Dublin quays to be implemented in August”, News, April 8th).

Given that at the 2022 census the city council area had a population of 592,713, and Dublin city and its suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, and Co Dublin had a population of 1,501,500, the level of response received demonstrates an almost complete lack of engagement in the consultation process by the various stakeholders conducted by Dublin City Council.

It is difficult to conclude, therefore, that there is any significant level of support, as claimed, for the proposed plans. – Yours, etc,

JUSTIN O’CALLAGHAN,