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College Green ProjectEnvironmental Impact Assessment Report

October 2017

Dublin City Council College Green Project

EIAR Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

EIS Non-Technical Summary

1. Introduction

2. Background to the Project and Alternatives Considered

3. Consultation

4. Proposed Project Description

5. Planning and Policy

6. Traffic and Transport

7. Air Quality and Climate

8. Noise and Vibration

9. Biodiversity

10. Archaeology, Architectural and Cultural Heritage

11. Townscape and Visual

12. Land, Soils and Water

13. Resource and Waste Management

14. Material Assets: Utilities

15. Material Assets: Land Use and Property

16. Population and Human Health

17. Risk of Major Accidents and/or Disasters

18. Interactions and Cumulative Impacts

Figure NTS.1 - Site Location

Figure NTS.2 - Proposed College Green Project

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Proposed Project

1.3 Planning Process for the Proposed Development

1.4 EIAR Methodology

1.6 Difficulties Encountered During the Study

1.7 References

Chapter 2. Background to the Proposed Project and Alternatives Considered

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Background and Need for the Proposed Project

2.3 Project Objectives

2.4 Alternatives Considered

2.5 References






Chapter 3. Consultation

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Public Consultation

3.3 EIAR Scoping Consultation

3.4 Further Consultation with Key Stakeholders

3.5 EIAR Statutory Consultation

3.6 References

Chapter 4. Proposed Project Description

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Site Area and Existing Environment

4.3 Neighbouring Land Uses

4.4 Description of the Proposed Project

4.5 Construction Strategy

4.6 References

Chapter 5. Planning and Policy

5.1 Introduction

5.2 National Spatial Strategy 2002-2020

5.3 Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2010-2022

5.4 Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 – 2035

5.5 Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2008-2016

5.6 Smarter Travel – A Sustainable Transport Future (2009)

5.7 Retail Planning Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2012

5.8 Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022

5.9 Dublin City Centre Transport Study (2016)

5.10 Dublin City Local Economic and Community Plan

5.11 The Heart of Dublin City Centre Public Realm Masterplan (June 2016)

5.12 Conclusions

5.13 References

Chapter 6. Traffic and Transportation

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Methodology

6.3 Existing Receiving Environment

6.4 Future Receiving Environment

6.5 Details of the Proposed Project

6.6 Predicted Impacts

6.7 Mitigation Measures

6.8 Residual Impacts

6.9 Difficulties Encountered

6.10 References






Chapter 7. Air Quality and Climate Factors

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Assessment Methodology

7.3 Baseline Environment





7.8 References

Chapter 8. Noise and Vibration

8.1 Introduction







8.8 References

Chapter 9. Biodiversity

9.1 Introduction







9.8 References

Chapter 10. Archaeological, Architectural and Cultural Heritage

10.1 Introduction


10.3 Impact Assessment Methodology






10.9 References






Chapter 11. Townscape and Visual

11.1 Introduction







11.8 References

Figures

Chapter 12. Land, Soils and Water

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Study Area

12.3 Guidelines and Sources



12.6 Characteristics of the Proposal

12.7 Potential impact of the Proposed Project



12.10 References

Chapter 13. Resource and Waste Management

13.1 Introduction



13.4 Characteristics of the Proposed Project





13.9 References

Chapter 14. Material Assets: Utilities

14.1 Introduction



14.4 Characteristics of the Proposed Project










14.9 References

Chapter 15. Material Assets: Land Use and Property

15.1 Introduction







15.8 References

Chapter 16. Population and Human Health

16.1 Introduction







16.8 References

Chapter 17. Risk of Major Accidents and/or Disasters

17.1 Introduction


17.3 The Proposed Project




17.7 References

Chapter 18. Cumulative Impacts and Interaction of Effects

18.1 Introduction


18.3 Statutory Requirements

18.4 Interaction of Effects

18.5 Cumulative Impacts

18.6 References






Chapter 19. Summary of Mitigation and Residual Impacts

19.1 Introduction

19.2 Summary of Mitigation Measures

19.3 Summary of Residual Impacts

19.4 References






Figures

Figure 1.1 - Site location

Figure 1.2 - Extent of Main Works Area

Figure 2.1 - De Gomme’s map of Dublin 1673

Figure 4.1 - Existing Site Area Layout

Figure 4.2 - The Proposed Project

Figure 4.3- Proposed Cycle Route

Figure 4.4- Road Design Detail- Dame Street, South Great George’s Street

Figure 4.5- Road Design Detail- Dame Street

Figure 4.6- Road Design Detail- Dame Street, Trinity Street

Figure 4.7- Road Design Detail-Trinity Street

Figure 4.8- Road Design Detail-St. Andrew’s Street

Figure 4.9- Road Design Detail- St. Andrews’s Street, Church Lane

Figure 4.10-Permitted Access Routes

Figure 4.11 - Proposed Civic Plaza

Figure 5.1 - Extract from Dublin City Development Plan 2016-22: Figure 7 ‘City Retail Core

– Principal Shopping Streets’

Figure 5.2 - Extract from Dublin City Development Plan 2016-22 Map E showing location

of College Green within Conservation Area (red hatch), ACA (Green hatch) and bounded by

protected structures (red asterisk).

Figure 5.3 - Extract from The Heart of Dublin city Centre Public Realm Masterplan (June

2016) – Pedestrian Strategy Map

Figure 6.1a- Luas Cross-City layout across College Green (southern section)

Figure 6.1b- Luas Cross-City layout across College Green (northern section)

Figure 6.2 - Local Street Network

Figure 6.3- Existing Bus Routes

Figure 6.4 - Dublin City Council – HGV Routes

Figure 6.5 - Construction Access Routes

Figure 6.6 - Relevant sections of the city centre road and street network

Figure 6.7- Do-Nothing vs. Do- Minimum – Changes in Traffic Volumes - 2018

Figure 6.8- Do-Minimum vs. Do-Something – Changes in Traffic Volumes - 2018

Figure 6.9- Do-Minimum vs. Do-Something – Changes in Traffic Volumes - 2035

Figure 6.10- Access to Car Parks

Figure 6.11- Proposed Car-Park Access

Figure 6.12- Existing and Proposed Time-Limited Loading bays

Figure 6.13- Existing Access to Loading/Unloading facilities - College Green

Figure 6.14- Proposed access to loading/unloading facilities - College Green

Figure 6.15- Existing access to loading/unloading facilities- Dame Street

Figure 6.16: Proposed access to loading/unloading facilities- Dame Street

Figure 6.17- Existing access to loading/unloading facilities - Anglesea Street-Cope Street-

Fownes Street Upper

Figure 6.18- Proposed access to loading/unloading facilities-Anglesea Street – Cope Street –

Fownes Street Upper






Figure 6.19- Existing access to loading/unloading facilities Trinity Street – Andrew Street –

Church Lane

Figure 6.20- Proposed access to loading/unloading facilities Trinity Street – Andrew Street –

Church Lane

Figure 6.21- Existing access to loading/unloading facilities – Parliament Street

Figure 6.22- Retained Access to Essex Gate

Figure 6.23- Proposed access to loading/unloading facilities – Parliament Street

Figure 6.24- Existing and proposed access to loading/unloading facilities – Essex Street

West

Figure 6.25- Existing access to loading/unloading facilities – Essex Street East

Figure 6.26: Proposed access to loading/unloading facilities – Essex Street East

Figure 6.27: Do-Minimum Scenario - Local Bus and Luas Movements

Figure 6.28: Do-Something Scenario - Proposed Bus Movements

Figure 6.29 - Future Rerouting of Buses Which Currently Pass Through College Green to

South Great Georges Street

Figure 6.30 - Future Rerouting of Buses Which Currently Pass Through College Green to

High Street

Figure 6.31 - Existing and Future Catchments for Routes Currently Passing Through College

Green, Dame Street and High Street

Figure 6.32 - Existing and Future Catchments for Routes Currently Passing Through College

Green, Dame Street and Parliament Street

Figure 6.33- Origin-Destination pairings

Figure 6.34- (do-minimum) and Figure 6.35 (do-something): Pedestrian Route Directness -

Westmoreland Street - Lower Grafton Street


Westmorland Street - South Great George’s Street


Dame Street – College Street


Dame Street – Grafton Street Lower


Grafton Street Lower - College Street

Figure 6.44- Pedestrian Delays - Routes Assessed

Figure 6.45- Do-Minimum Scenario Cycle Facilities

Figure 6.46- Proposed Cycle Facilities

Figure 7.1 - Dublin Airport Windrose 2011 – 2015

Figure 7.2 - Receptor Grid Points (Green) and Road Sources (Yellow)

Figure 7.3 - Specific Receptor Points (Yellow), Road Sources (Pink) and 3-D Building

Information (Green)

Figure 7.4 - Rolling 3-Year Annual NO2 Concentration (μg/m3) With Trendlines

Figure 7.5 - Q-Q Plot of Observed vs Modelled NO2 Concentration (μg/m3) (EFT Version

6.1)

Figure 7.6 - Q-Q Plot of Observed vs Modelled NO2 Concentration (μg/m3) (EFT Version

7.0)

Figure 7.7 - Annual Mean Modelled NO2 Concentration (μg/m3) (Year 2012) (EFT Version

7.0)

Figure 7.8 - Maximum 99.8th%ile Of Modelled NO2 Concentrations (μg/m3) (Year 2012)

(EFT Version 7.0)






Figure 7.9 - Annual Mean Do Minimum Modelled NO2 Concentration (μg/m3) (Year 2018)

(EFT Version 7.0)

Figure 7.10 - Maximum 99.8th%ile Of Do Minimum Modelled1-Hr NO2 Concentrations

(μg/m3) (Year 2018) (EFT Version 7.0)

Figure 7.11 - Annual Mean Do Minimum Modelled PM10 Concentration (μg/m3) (Year

2018) (EFT Version 7.0)

Figure 7.12 - 24-Hr Maximum (as a 90th%ile) Do Minimum Modelled PM10 Concentration


Figure 7.13 - Annual Mean Modelled NO2 Concentration (μg/m3) (Year 2035) (EFT

Version 7.0)

Figure 7.14 - Maximum 99.8th%ile Of Do Minimum Modelled 1-Hr NO2 Concentrations



Version 7.0) – Do Something Scenario

Figure 7.16 - Maximum 99.8th%ile Of Modelled1-Hr NO2 Concentrations (μg/m3) (Year

2018) (EFT Version 7.0) - Do Something Scenario

Figure 7.17 - Annual Mean Do Something Modelled PM10 Concentration (μg/m3) (Year

2018) (EFT Version 7.0)

Figure 7.18 - 24-Hr Maximum (as a 90th%ile) Do Something Modelled PM10 Concentration



Version 7.0) – Do Something Scenario

Figure 7.20 - Maximum 99.8th%ile Of Modelled1-Hr NO2 Concentrations (μg/m3) (Year

2035) (EFT Version 7.0) - Do Something Scenario

Figure 8.1 - 2018 Do Minimum Scenario (Lday)

Figure 8.2 - 2018 Do Minimum Scenario (Lnight)

Figure 8.3 - 2018 Do Something Scenario (Lday)

Figure 8.4 - 2018 Do Something Scenario (Lnight)

Figure 8.5 - 2035 Do Minimum Scenario (Lday)

Figure 8.6 - 2035 Do Minimum Scenario (Lnight)

Figure 8.7 - 2035 Do Something Scenario (Lday)

Figure 8.8 - 2035 Do Something Scenario (Lnight)

Figure 9.1 - Site Location at College Green in relation to downstream Natura 2000 sites

Figure 10.1 - Extract from archaeology.ie showing recorded monuments within 150m of the

Proposed Project

Figure 10.2 - Extract from the Dublin City Development Plan showing protected structures

(red stars) and ACAs (green hatching)

Figure 10.3 - Extract from Clarke’s map of Dublin showing the possible extent of ‘Hoggen

Green’ within the landscape containing the Proposed Project.

Figure 10.4 - Extract from De Gomme’s map of 1673 showing the approximate location of

the Proposed Project

Figure 10.5 - Extract from Rocque’s map of 1756, showing the approximate location of the

Proposed Project

Figure 10.6 - Extract from the WSC mapping, showing proposed changes on the northern

side of College Green






Plate 10.1 - College Green, facing west

Plate 10.2 - Henry Grattan Statue and Lamp

Plate 10.3 - Plaque to Thomas Davis in College Green

Plate 10.4 - Thomas Davies Statue and Fountain

Plate 10.5 - College Street

Plate 10.6 - Thomas Moore Statue (archive photograph)

Plate 10.7 - Foster Place

Plate 10.8 - Church Lane

Figure 11.1 - Zone of Theoretical Visibility / Study Area - College Green Plaza

Figure 11.2 - Key Views and Prospects Map

Figure 11.3 - Viewpoint Locations - College Green Plaza

(Refer to accompanying photomontage booklet:)

Figure VP1a - Northern side of College Green - Existing

Figure VP1a - Northern side of College Green – Montage

Figure VP1a - Northern side of College Green – Montage with Fountain

Figure VP1b - Northern side of College Green - Existing

Figure VP1b - Northern side of College Green - Montage

Figure VP2 - South-western corner of College Green - Existing

Figure VP2 - South-western corner of College Green – Montage

Figure VP2 - South-western corner of College Green – Montage with Fountain

Figure VP3 - Southern side of College Green - Existing

Figure VP3 - Southern side of College Green - Montage

Figure VP3 - Southern side of College Green – Montage with Fountain

Figure VP4 - Trinity College entrance - Existing

Figure VP4 - Trinity College entrance - Montage

Figure VP5 - Westmoreland Street - Existing

Figure VP5 - Westmoreland Street – Montage

Figure 12.1 - Location of the Study Area

Figure 12.2 - Site Setting

Figure 12.3 - Soils in the vicinity of the site

Figure 12.4 - Subsoil in the vicinity of the site

Figure 12.5 - Solid geology in the vicinity of the study area

Figure 12.6 - Previous site investigation locations

Figure 12.7 - Bedrock aquifers in the vicinity of the study area

Figure 12.8 - Groundwater vulnerability

Figure 12.9 - Groundwater recharge

Figure 12.10 - Flood events

Figure 12.11 - River Stein

Figure 12.12 - Tidal Flood

Figure 12.13 - Depth Grid

Figure 12.14 - Pluvial Flood Extent

Figure 12.15 - PFRA Flood Extent

Figure 12.16 - Vulnerability Classification

Figure 12.17 - Sequential approach mechanism in the planning process

Figure 12.18 - Sensitive features in the vicinity of the study area

Figure 12.19 - Conceptual Model






Figure 13.1 - Circular Economy

Figure 13.2 - Waste Hierarchy

Figure 13.3 - Litter Bin type currently in use in College Green

Figure 13.4 - Example Smart Compactor Litter Bin

Figure 15.1 - Land use classification

Figure 15.2 - Aerial photo of subject and adjoining land uses

Figure 15.3 - Residential buildings within the study areas

Figure 15.4 - All residential extant planning permissions within the study area

Figure 15.5 - Extant planning permissions within the study area (large residential

development schemes)

Figure 15.6 - Commercial land uses in the wider study area

Figure 15.7 - General Practitioners and Hospital within Study Area

Figure 15.8 - Schools within the study area

Figure 16.1 - Life Expectancy at Birth, Ireland and EU-28 by Gender, 2005-2014

Figure 16.2 - Death Rates in Ireland

Figure 16.3 - Geographical spread of people with a disability in Dublin City in 2011

List of Appendices

Appendix 1.1- Proposed College Green Traffic Management Measures

Appendix 4.1- Outline Construction and Environmental Management Plan

Appendix 6.1- Traffic Modelling Report and Data

Appendix 7.1- Detailed Meteorological Data

Appendix 9.1- Report for the purposes of Appropriate Assessment Screening

Appendix 12.1- IGI Guidelines and Impact Significance

Appendix 12.2- Historical Setting of Area

Appendix 12.3- Flood Risk Assessment

Appendix 13.1- Resource and Waste Management Policy and Legislation Review

Appendix 13.2- Construction Waste Case Studies

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