5.5 Enabling Infrastructure

5.5 Enabling Infrastructure

A key aim of the MASP is to unlock the development capacity of strategic development areas within the metropolitan area by identifying the sequencing of enabling infrastructure and by directing the cross sectoral investment required to deliver development. In addition to transport investment priorities, which are set out in the MASP, the Dublin metropolitan area is experiencing capacity issues in relation to both water and wastewater infrastructure.

Social infrastructure

A number of water and wastewater projects are ongoing to deliver capacity at a large scale to the metropolitan area and it is critical that the timelines for delivery of these projects are aligned with the phased delivery of strategic development areas in the MASP. These include;

The MASP supports ongoing collaboration with regional stakeholders to ensure that social infrastructure such as education, health and community facilities are provided in tandem with the development of strategic development areas, and in particular to ensure that opportunities for social as well as physical regeneration are realised, see Chapter 9 Quality of Life for more information on social infrastructure. See Table 5.1 for more information on Infrastructure and Phasing.

Water Supply:

• Water Supply Project for the Eastern and Midlands Region to supply water to Dublin

• Vartry water supply scheme (water supply for north Wicklow and south Dublin).

REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVE:

Waste Water Treatment:

• The Greater Dublin Drainage Project

Enabling Infrastructure

• The Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant Project.

RPO 5.1: Support continued collaboration between infrastructure providers, state agencies and local authorities in the metropolitan area to inform cross sectoral investment plans and capital spending plans to accelerate the development of strategic development areas and secure the best use of public lands in the Dublin Metropolitan Area.

Energy

Development of the energy distribution and transmission network in the Region will enable distribution of more renewable sources of energy to facilitate future energy demand in strategic development areas along with the roll-out of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Action Plan12 enabling new connections, grid balancing, energy management and micro grid development, see also Chapter 10 Infrastructure for more information on Infrastructure and Energy.

12 DBEI Smart Grids and Smart Cities Action Plan 2013

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Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP)