Minutes of meeting of the
Dundalk Cycling Alliance
22nd August 2012
1/Attendance
Ollan, Tony, Pat, Liam, Fiona and Nadia.
2/Minutes.
Tony proposed and Pat seconded the adoption of the minutes of the last meeting that were adopted and signed by Liam.
3/Matters Arising
There were no matters arising.
4/Correspondence.
There was no correspondence.
5/Finance
There have been no changes to the finance this month.
6/Website.
Tony will change some of the photographs on the website and delete correspondence that is no longer relevant on the advice of Ollan.
7/Cooley Cycle Lanes
Liam said
7.1/That he will contact people to join the subcommittee to lobby for cycle lanes in Cooley.
7.2/That the subcommittee will convene in October 2012. Pat, Fiona, Tony and Liam agreed to join the subcommittee.
8/Nadia’s Submission
Nadia submitted a set of proposals as follows:
8.1/ That the DCA listen to the grievances voiced by the business.
8.2/ That research be undertaken to win more public support for cycle lanes.
8.3/ Cycle lanes be used to market the tourist potential of Dundalk.
8.4/ That the reasons why people do not cycle be addressed.
8.5/ That a cycling train to school be started.
9/Transport and Strategic Policy Committee
Liam noted that no meeting of this policy committee had been held since his last report.
10/Publicity
Nadia read a document “The cost of driving your child to school”. She will write letters to the media based on this document.
11/Dundalk Cycle lanes
The Dundalk cycle lanes were covered earlier in the meeting.
12/A. O. B.
There was no AOB.
13/Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held in Liam’s house from 8:00 to 9:30 on Wednesday 3rd October 2012.
Liam Kieran
Chair of the DCA