Plans to reduce traffic and parking on Dublin’s Capel Street to facilitate outdoor dining when Covid-19 restrictions ease, have been described as unambitious and disapointing by traders, politicans and sustainable transport groups. Dublin City Council is proposing to pedestrianise a small section of the street at its northern end and to eliminate almost all on-street parking to create space for tables and chairs. All parking between Mary Street and the quays would be removed and replaced with footpath extensions to allow for outdoor dining. Capel Street business owner Panti Bliss, who runs Pantibar at the southern end of the street, criticised the lack of ambition in the plans and encouraged people to make a submission to the consultation process. Even left with the full three lanes of traffic!”Green Party councillor Janet Horner said she would press the council to “scale up their ambition” for the street.

Source: The Irish Times May 07, 2021 11:54 UTC