Newbridge Demesne, Hearse Rd, Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland

29th & 30th June 2019

Traffic Management Plan Version 2

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Flavours of Fingal County Show

Contents 1. Event Details: ..................................................................................................................... 4

1.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 4

1.2. The Event .................................................................................................................... 4

1.3. Traffic Management Overview ................................................................................... 4

1.4. Consultation ................................................................................................................ 4

1.5. Ticketing...................................................................................................................... 5

2. Receiving Environment ...................................................................................................... 6

2.1. Site Location ............................................................................................................... 6

2.2. Existing Road Network ............................................................................................... 6

3. Accessibility ....................................................................................................................... 8

3.1. Entrances to Site .......................................................................................................... 8

3.2. Pedestrian and Cycling Accessibility ........................................................................ 10

3.3. Public Transport Accessibility .................................................................................. 10

4. Car Parking ....................................................................................................................... 12

4.1. Internal Car parking .................................................................................................. 12

4.2. External Car Parking ................................................................................................. 12

4.3. Disabled Parking ....................................................................................................... 14

5. Traffic Flow Profile .......................................................................................................... 15

6. Traffic Movements ........................................................................................................... 16

6.1. Entrances ................................................................................................................... 16

6.2. Internal Car Park Loading ......................................................................................... 16

6.3. Internal Car Park Unloading ..................................................................................... 17

7. Traffic Management Strategy ........................................................................................... 18

8. Traffic Signage and Plans ................................................................................................. 20

8.1. Publication of routes.................................................................................................. 20

8.2. Traffic Management Supplier ................................................................................... 20

8.3. Signage ...................................................................................................................... 20

8.4. Temporary VMS ....................................................................................................... 20

8.5. Alternative Route Signage ........................................................................................ 20

8.6. Traffic Marshals ........................................................................................................ 20

8.7. Vehicle Recovery and Towing .................................................................................. 20

Appendix 1: Car Parking Strategy ........................................................................................... 21

Appendix 2: Traffic Management Drawings ........................................................................... 22

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1. Event Details:

1.1. Introduction

The Traffic Management Plan (TMP) has been prepared for the Flavours of Fingal event to rd th

The main focus of the TMP is to ensure that patrons can access the site as quickly and safely

as possible, minimising impact on regular road users, and maintaining Emergency Services

access. The Flavours of Fingal will actively encourage use of and promote public transport

as the preferred mode of travel to and from the site.

The TMP aims to ensure that normal background traffic can continue to function with

minimal impact from the event.

This document will be updated and revised throughout the planning period until a final

agreed version is circulated before the event.

1.2. The Event

With admittance for the public between the hours of 10:00 and 19:00hrs.

The attendance to the event is expected to be 40,000 a day over the two days of the event.

The setup and preparation for the event will commence in the week prior to the event, with

On the day of the event exhibitors and participants will arrive at the venue from 7:00am to

setup their exhibitions.

1.3. Traffic Management Overview

The Traffic Management Strategy has been developed to promote access to the event via

Public Transport and the Shuttle Bus/Park’n’Ride service. To achieve this we will make use

of the two main access routes, Hearse Road and Turvey Avenue, to separate different modes

of traffic. Patrons arriving in private cars will be directed to use Turvey Avenue to access the

internal car parking, while Hearse Road will be used, as a protected route, to service Public

Transport, Emergency Services, Disables Users and local traffic accessing Donabate.

1.4. Consultation

This Traffic Management Plan has been develop in consultation with;

An Garda Siochana;

Fingal County Council Operations Department;

Dublin Bus;

Irish Rail;

Eirbus;

Traffic Management Consultants and Suppliers; and

Local Landowners.

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be hosted in Newbridge Demesne on the 23 and 24 of June 2018.

The Flavours of Fingal event is scheduled to take place on the 2 9 t h and 30th of June 2019.

live deliveries to the event scheduled to take place from 7:00am on the 29th and 30th of June.

1.5. Ticketing

Car Parking for the ‘The Flavours of Fingal’ event will be ticket only. The ticket pricing is

Laid out, but will include for transportation to/parking for the event. Ticket prices

will be based on:

Patrons arriving on foot, using public transport and free shuttle buses can access site

free of charge;

Use of Internal Car Parks - €20 Sat and Sun.

Tickets to be issued and pre-purchased for all car parking.

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2. Receiving Environment

2.1. Site Location

Newbridge Demesne is located to the south-west of Donabate and comprises of land bounded

by Turvey Avenue to the north, Cobbe’s Lane to the west and Hearse Road to the south.

Existing accesses to Newbridge Demesne are from Cobbe’s Lane and Hearse Road as shown

in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1: Site Location and Surrounding Road Network

2.2. Existing Road Network

The surrounding road network, serving Newbridge Demesne, comprises:

M1/Lissenhall Junction – is a motorway connecting Dublin with Belfast. Access to Newbridge Demesne is from Junction 4 (Lissenhall). Slip lanes provide access onto the R132 through signalised junctions travelling northbound and southbound.

R126 Hearse Road – is a single carriageway regional road with an approximate width of 6.0m. This road links the R132 and Junction 4 on the M1 to Donabate town, which lies immediately east of Newbridge Demesne. There are no signalised junctions on this road. This road provides access to a number of local roads including Cobbe’s Lane and two accesses into Newbridge Demesne. The R126 passes over the railway line in Donabate. No pedestrian or cyclist facilities are provided along the R126 until the junction with The Square.

Turvey Avenue – is a single carriageway local road ranging from approximately 7.0m wide at the junction with the R132 to approximately 5.0m along the boundary of Newbridge Demesne. This road links the R132 in the west with the R126 in the east at Donabate. There are no signalised junctions on this road. This road provides access to a

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number of local roads including Cobbe’s Lane, Turvey Allotments & Nature Reserve, Turvey Golf Club and a number of housing estates. No pedestrian or cyclist facilities are provided along Turvey Avenue until the junction with The Square.

Cobbe’s Lane – lies on the western boundary of Newbridge Demesne. This is a local road with approximate width of 5.0m. This road links Turvey Avenue to the north with R126 to the south. There are no signalised junctions on this road. This road provides a single access to Newbridge Demesne. No pedestrian or cyclist facilities are provided.

R132 – is a dual carriageway regional road that connects Swords, to the south, with Balbriggan to the north. The R132 is approximately 1.24km to the west of Cobbe’s Lane and has junctions with Turvey Avenue and R126. There are two roundabouts on the R126 road providing access to Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre and to Turvey Avenue. No pedestrian or cyclist facilities are provided.

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3. Accessibility

3.1. Entrances to Site

The following junctions provide vehicular accessibility to the site.

1. Cobbe's Lane/Newbridge Access Junction – This is a splayed access to Newbridge Demesne providing both right and left turning lanes and presented in 3-1. There is no provision for cyclists. Pedestrians have a small strip of footpath at the junction along the car parks access road.

Figure 3-1 Cobbe's Lane Car Park Entrance

2. R126 Hearse Road/Newbridge Access Junction – This is a splayed access serving Newbridge Demesne providing both right and left turning lanes and presented in Figure 3-2. There is no provision for pedestrians or cyclists. This is the main entrance to Newbridge Demesne and car parking grounds. There are bus stops provided on both sides of the roadway.

Figure 3-2 Hearse Road Entrance

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3. R126 Hearse Road/Kilcrea Gate Access Junction – This is the secondary entrance to Newbridge Demesne and shown in Figure 3-3. There are bus stops provided on both sides of the roadway.

Figure 3-3 Kilcrea Gate Entrance

4. R126 Hearse Road/Donabate Entrance – This is a temporary entrance to Newbridge Demesne and shown in Figure 3-4 for access to the site from Donabate. There are bus stops provided on both sides of the roadway.

Figure 3-4 Donabate Gate Entrance

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3.2. Pedestrian and Cycling Accessibility

There are no dedicated pedestrian facilities at the Cobbe’s Lane or Hearse Road entrances.

The Square access is pedestrian and cyclist only and is the pedestrian access point from

Donabate Town and train station. The distance from this Demesne entrance to the train

station is approximately 300m.

Pedestrian facilities will be provided to the external Car Park A, crossing Turvey Avenue by

a marshalled crossing to a temporary footway, through adjoining fields, to connect to the

Cobbe’s Lane entrance.

Existing Pedestrian and cycle facilities will be maintained at Lissenhall/M1 junction.

3.3. Public Transport Accessibility

NTA/ Go Ahead Dublin

In terms of public transport provision, regular direct access to the Newbridge has Dublin Bus

routes 33, 33B and 33D serving Donabate Town and the R126. The 33 route serves Lower

Abbey Street to/from Balbriggan, the 33B serves Swords to/from Portrane while the 33D

serves Dublin city centre to Portrane. The 33A serves Swords to/from Balbriggan via the

R132. The nearest bus stops along this route to Newbridge Demesne are at the R132/R126

junction with the M1 and the R132/Batter Lane. These services operate hourly apart from the

peak periods when it is half hourly. The Hearse Road and Kilcrea Gate entrances have bus

stops located directly opposite the entrance gates.

Additional services will be provided for the duration of the event in agreement with Dublin Bus.

Shuttle Bus

A dedicated shuttle bus service will be provided by ?? for the duration of the event. This

shuttle bus service will serve the facilities at Car Parks B, C, and D. This shuttle

bus service will access the venue via the main entrance on Hearse Road, a turning head will

be provided adjacent to Newbridge House.

An additional dedicated Shuttle Bus service to the venue we will serve:

Balbriggan

Skerries via Lusk

Rush

Portrane via Donabate

Swords

Rail

Commuter rail services can be accessed by the nearest train station (Donabate) which is

located within a 1.4km walking distance from Newbridge House, or 300m from Newbridge

Demesne. Trains operate every 10-15 minutes during peak periods and twice per hour in the

off-peak. Routes serving this station include the Drogheda/Dundalk service, Rosslare

Europort service and Commuter services to Bray train station.

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The overall analysis of the existing and proposed public transport services show that the site

is accessible and well connected to the city centre, albeit the relative frequency of services is

limited.

For the duration of the event additional rail services will be provided from Malahide to

Donabate in agreement with Irish Rail.

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4. Car Parking

4.1. Internal Car parking

A number of car parking locations have been identified within Newbridge Demesne,

indicated on Figure 4-1 (and drawing TSK002-01).

These car parks provide and estimated 6,575 available spaces as indicated in Table 4-1.

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4.2. External Car Parking

A number of car parking locations have been identified outside the boundaries of Newbridge

Demesne, indicated on Figure 4-2 (and drawing TSK002-02). These external car parks will

be back up facilities locations served by a dedicated fleets of buses for the duration of the event.

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Figure 4-1 Internal Car Park Locations

Figure 4-2 External Car Parking

These car parks provide and estimated 6,590 available spaces as indicated in Table 4-2.

Further details of these car park locations are provided in drawings TSK002-03, TSK002-04,

Table 4-2 External Parking Spaces

TSK002-05, and TSK002-06.

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4.3. Disabled Parking

Disabled patrons will be directed to park in designated area in the internal car parks via the

Public Transport route using the Hearse Road main entrance. This area is behind the Big Red Barn at

Front of House

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5. Traffic Flow Profile

A typical arrival and departure profile has been developed, based on similar events organised

elsewhere, for ‘Flavours of Fingal’ to generate the likely arrival and departure pattern. In the

process of developing an arrival / departure profile, a number of assumptions were made and

are summarised below:

Targeted visitors during the event of 40,000 per day;

Start/ End Time: 10:00 – 19:00 hours; and

Car mode split of 85% with an average car occupancy of 2.5.

Table 5-1 presents a typical arrival and departure profile of visitors with start and end times

from 10:00hrs to 19:00hrs. Applying the car mode split of 85% to the visitor numbers, the car

parking numbers and parking accumulation number is presented. A peak hour occupancy of

the car park is also presented. (e.g. (2,400 visitors X 85% mode split) / 2.5 occupancy = 816

cars).

Table 5-1 Arrival and Departure Profile

The link capacity of Hearse Road and Turvey Avenue road sections, which are the main

roads leading to the Newbridge car parking grounds, were examined and it was determined

that, based on the likely traffic generation from the event, that Hearse Road did not have

sufficient capacity to service the event. The traffic management plan has been developed to

exploit the capacity of Turvey Avenue to allow Hearse Road to maintain it’s existing

function, serving Donabate, through the duration of the event.

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6. Traffic Movements

6.1. Entrances

Turvey Avenue

For the duration of the event, the traffic management plan has been developed to utilise Cobbe’s

Lane, via Turvey Avenue, as the main public entrance to the event. A supplementary entrance will

be opened, on Cobbe’s Lane, to provide access to Car Park 1. The existing entrance on Cobbe’s

Lane will be used as an exit from the Car Parks.

Hearse Road

The main entrance on Hearse Road, as shown in Figure 6-1 (and drawing TSK002-09), is

reserved for access by:

o Public Transport;

o Emergency Services; and

o Access to disabled parking.

Figure 6-1 Public Transport Entrance

The Kilcrea Entrance, on Hearse Road, will be reserved for exhibitor access through the duration

of the event.

The Donabate Entrance, on Hearse Road, will be used for access/egress for patrons travelling

from Donabate and beyond.

6.2. Internal Car Park Loading

Car parks 1 through 4 are designated for event visitors coming from outside of the Donabate

peninsula and Car Park 5 has been identified for use of Donabate traffic attending the event.

Internal car parks numbers 1 through 4 will be loaded via the entrance on Cobbe’s lane, while

Car Park 5 will be loaded from the eastern end of Hearse Road as indicated in Figure 6-2 (and

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TSK002-07). The proposed loading profile for 1 to 4 would be sequentially filled as vehicles

enter the site.

6.3. Internal Car Park Unloading

The internal car parks will be unloaded via the entrance on Cobbe’s lane, and via Hearse

Road for Car Park 5 as indicated in Figure 6-3 (and drawing TSK002-08).

Figure 6-3 Internal Car Park Unloading

Car Park 1 would be directed to exit north onto Cobbe’s Lane and then marshalled out onto

Turvey Avenue. Other vehicles leaving car parks 2 to 4 would be directed to either turn north

for North Fingal destinations and the M1 northbound or south for Swords and M1

southbound. Vehicles exiting car park 5 would be directed in a similar manner either north or

south.

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Figure 6-2 Internal Car Park Loading

7. Traffic Management Strategy

For the duration of the event a number of restrictions will be applied to the surrounding road

network to manage the flow of traffic to and from the venue. The main intervention, during

the AM peak, will be restricting Turvey Avenue to a One-Way system to allow access to the

venue, as indicated in Figure 7-1.

Local traffic bound for the Donabate peninsula will be diverted down Hearse Road

During the PM peak a number of these restrictions will be removed to allow for the ease of egress from the venue, as indicated in Figure 7-2. Turvey Avenue will revert to two-way.

These restrictions will also be accompanied by local interventions, during the event, at the

Lissenhall/M1 Junction as shown in Figure 7-3.

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Figure 7-1 AM Traffic Restrictions

Figure 7-2 AM Traffic Restrictions

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Figure 7-3 Lissenhall Movements

Traffic management will be deployed to guide traffic through the junction unopposed and

therefore increasing the capacity of the throughput significantly. Several marshalling points

will be implemented to accommodate pedestrian movements and access and egress for

Emergency Vehicles.

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23 and 24 June 2018

8. Traffic Signage and Plans

8.1. Publication of routes

Routes to the festival will be published on promotional literature and via local media and on

the official website. Routes will be emphasised and highlighted.

8.2. Traffic Management Supplier

We will contract a professional traffic management company to design, deploy, maintain and

remove all traffic management signage related to the event. The Traffic Management

Supplier will be required to produce drawings of all signage, VMS, Marshal and Gardaí

deployments.

8.3. Signage

Routes to the festival will be well signposted and will remain so until the event is over. All

signage will comply with Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and will be deployed as per

the design Traffic Management Plan.

8.4. Temporary VMS

Temporary portable VMS will be installed to reinforce the Traffic Management Plan. These

will be located on the M50, M1, and R132 at critical decision points.

8.5. Alternative Route Signage

Alternative route signage will be installed if required.

8.6. Traffic Marshals

The Traffic Management Supplier will supply a number of Traffic Marshals to supervise the

operation of the traffic management for the duration of the event. They will liaise with the

Gardaí prior to undertaking an intervention.

8.7. Vehicle Recovery and Towing

The Traffic Management Supplier will provide, on-site, a manned Vehicle Recovery and

Towing service for the duration of the event to ensure that any breakdowns are dealt with in a

timely manner and to prevent any incident propagating into the surrounding road network.

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Appendix 1: Car Parking Strategy The following are the list of drawings indicating the Car Parking Strategy for the event:

TSK002-01 – Internal Car Parks;

TSK002-02 – External Car Parks;

TSK002-03 – External Car Park A;

TSK002-04 – External Car Park B;

TSK002-05 – External Car Park C;

TSK002-06 – External Car Park D;

TSK002-07 – Internal Car Park Movements – AM;

TSK002-08 – Internal Car Park Movements – PM;

TSK002-09 – Disabled/Special and Public Transport - All Day;

TSK003-01 – External Road Network Movements – AM; and

TSK003-02 – External Road Network Movements – PM (from 4pm).

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Appendix 2: Traffic Management Drawings The following are the list of drawings indicating the Traffic Management Layout for the

event:

Drawing 1: TMP for “Free Flow” System, Junction A Layout, All Day – 01;

Drawing 2: TMP for “Free Flow” System, Junction A Layout, All Day – 02;

Drawing 3: TMP for “Free Flow” System, Junction A Layout, All Day – 03;

Drawing 4: TMP for "Free Flowing Movements" &"Stop & Go" System Junction B Layout;

Drawing 5: TMP for "Free Flowing Movements" & "Stop & Go" System Junction C Layout;

Drawing 6: TMP for "Free Flowing Movements" &"Stop & Go" System Junction D Layout;

Drawing 7: TMP for "Road Closures" & "Internal Parking"

Drawing 8: TMP for "Free Flowing Movements" & "All Stop" System Junction E Layout

Drawing 9: TMP for Public transport, Disabled, Special and Staff entrance Main Entrance to

Newbridge Demesne

Drawing 10: TMP for "Road Closure" System

Drawing 11: Traffic Management Details for junction of Seatown West/R125 at Estuary

Roundabout Swords – Three Way Stop/Go; and

Drawing 12: VMS Advance Warning Locations.

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