Cllr. Maria Parodi welcomes Dublin Bus announcement
Issued : Tuesday 14 June, 2011
I am delighted to learn today that my campaign against the proposed changes to the 77A bus route has been successful. In April, I organised a well attended public consultation session for local residents living in Ringsend, Irishtown, Pearse Street and Sandymount about Dublin Bus proposals for our area. At this meeting, residents made submissions and expressed their opposition to the proposed changes that would have severely downgraded our bus service with none of the 77A/77/50/56A bus routes operating from Ringsend Road. At the time, I called on Dublin Bus to take the concerns of local residents into serious consideration and ensure that the 77A bus route would still operate from Ringsend Road in order to facilitate the large amount of residents who depend on this bus route.
I am delighted to announce that due to the determination and perseverance of the local community, Dublin Bus have listened to the concerns of residents by confirming today that Route 77A will continue to operate from Ringsend Road to Citywest (via Killinarden, The Square, Old Bawn, Tymon Park, Walkinstown, Crumlin, Cork Street, Dame Street, Pearse Street.)
In the past number of years, this bus route has become extremely valuable to our community as many people who live in the Ringsend, Irishtown, Pearse St and Sandymount areas use this service to get to work, school or into the city centre. Along with this, the 77A provides service to three main hospitals in Dublin; the Coombe, Crumlin Children’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital.
Lastly, I would like to congratulate all the members of the local community for all their involvement in this successful campaign.
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