Sandymount and Merrion Residents Association to embark on campaign to stop container facility development
Samra, the Sandymount and Merrion Residents Association, will next week begin a campaign to stop the development of the 15-acre container terminal. Photograph: Tom Honan
The campaign comes as a report commissioned by the State’s Irish Maritime Development Office found the port risks running out of capacity for key operations within 15 years. “It will rely on heavy goods vehicles to transport huge volumes of containers to and from the terminal overlooking Sandymount Beach. This is contrary to the Government’s climate action plan,” Samra said.
Dublin Port Company said the container facility is part of Dublin Port’s Masterplan 2040 and the lands identified for the facility have not changed since 2018. There were “no other suitable lands available for future container operations that would enable to deliver on its mandate to facilitate growth in international trade” and “all land within control is being used appropriately for specific port purposes. Even now capacity pinch points are evident,” it said.
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