Residents in Fingal are being asked for their views on plans for an 'outdoor summer' in the area.
Public Information Leaflets outlining the measures for Swords, Skerries and Malahide are being distributed to households today and residents are being asked to complete a survey.
Fingal County Council is looking for their views on a proposal with a focus on outdoor dining, bins, public toilets, and resources.
With the Government and NPHET urging people to “Think Safe, Think Outdoors” over the coming months, Fingal County Council presented its plans to councillors for an Outdoor Summer at tonight’s monthly meeting of the Council
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It's part of a wider plan for an outdoor summer discussed at the monthly meeting of Dublin City Council.
A motion was proposed by the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr David Healy, which says:
“That this Council makes provision for an Outdoor Summer in line with public health advice in order for the needs of the Fingal and wider community during the coming months and to include the following:
- Re-allocating space to and improving facilities for active travel throughout the County;
- Re-allocating street space and car parking space for public realm use and for use by restaurants and cafes;
- Providing increased public seating;
- Working to help businesses which produce packaging waste which risks becoming litter to move to more sustainable production and consumption models (including deposit and return schemes, use of compostable packaging and taking responsibility for that packaging);
- Promoting and enforcing compliance with litter legislation;
- Increasing maintenance of open spaces, beaches and street spaces;
- Protecting sand dunes from trampling and other vulnerable habitats from excessive visitor pressure;
- Increasing the availability of public toilets;
- Availing of Central Government funding for road space reallocation, prevention and management of litter, additional outdoor infrastructure and management of open spaces.”
