Keville & O'Sullivan Associates work on Burren Project

The Burren Connect Project, led by Clare County Council in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Development, National Parks and Wildlife Service and Burren Beo, aims to develop sustainable approaches to visitor management in the Burren.  Burren Connect has a significant traffic management component, which aims to "encourage the flow of traffic onto more robust routes, develop self-regulated one way driving routes for coach tours, reduce traffic congestion at key areas and provide safe off-road viewing points at popular beauty spots".  As part of the project, a traffic management strategy for the R447/R479 Coast Road between Ballyvaghan and Doolin is currently being prepared.  The road, which measures 25 kilometres in length, passes through coastal scenery of high quality and is used regularly by sightseers, cyclists, walkers, anglers, climbers and divers.

Keville & O'Sullivan Associates, in conjunction with A.P. McCarthy Planning Consultants, Colin Buchanan Partners and Brendan McGrath & Associates, has been involved in the preparation of the traffic management strategy for the R447/R479 Coast Road.  The work carried out by KOSA Ltd. includes a comprehensive assessment of the environmental context of the route, in particular the ecology and landscape of the area, and the making of recommendations arising from this assessment.  KOSA Ltd. has also been responsible for the environmental assessment of the recommended traffic management strategy.
 

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