Four streets in Dublin are closed to traffic from today.
So Dublin City Council's attempting to attract more people into the city centre.
The Council's also starting a trial pedestrianisation of Capel Street on the weekends next month
Drury Street, along with parts of South Anne Street, South William Street and Dame Court have been closed to cars.
That's from 11am every morning.
The Council hopes it will promote outdoor dining and bring more people into town.
Hello out door summer! Dublin’s Anne’s Street South is now closed to traffic, along with parts of South William St, Drury St and Dame Court pic.twitter.com/XoLTtwJWox
— Mairéad Cleary (@maireadcleary7) May 24, 2021
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Richard Guiney from Dublin Town, which represents businesses, says this doesn’t go far enough.
"I just think we need to look at the likes of South William Street and be far more imaginative than what's been proposed."
It’s official! South Anne Street is pedestrianised. Our lovely street will now be closed - to all but emergency vehicles - from 1100-0600 daily.
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Gotta thank @DubCityCouncil, the general public and all those other small businesses who supported, engaged and made this happen 🙌 pic.twitter.com/BlgrYd16r2— Karl Purdy (@KarlPurdy) May 24, 2021
Don't Forget About The North Side
Meanwhile, across the Liffey, Dublin City Council's starting a trial pedestrianisation of Capel Street next month.
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan is worried that the focus is on the south side:
"We get forgotten a little bit about."
"I think that also, there's a worry about anti-social behaviour, which seems to feature in a lot of conversations about the north side."
"And I think that's really unfair.
The Council are removing 34 on-street parking spots as part of the plans.
While they're also relocating 5 disabled spots.
