New town to create 2,000 jobs, claim developers
More than 2,000 jobs are to be created in west Dublin as part of ambitious plans for Ireland's first new town this century, it was revealed today.
The €1.2bn Adamstown Central is expected to grow to the size of Sligo or Dundalk by 2015, but will burn less energy than conventional developments, according to architects behind the project.
A planning application was submitted to South Dublin County Council today for a leisure centre, cinema, library, church, restaurants and apartments.
A spokesman for Castlethorn Construction said: "The urban design masterpiece for Adamstown Central draws its influence from across Europe, some of them historical, including the intimate street patterns and public spaces of the 12th Century French Bastides settlements.
"The design is comprised of a network of new public squares and numerous intimately planned primary and secondary streets."
The 20-acre town centre will be beside Adamstown train station and schools which opened in 2007 near Lucan. There should be more than 2,500 new jobs created in the area.
There will be 60 retailers and 900 apartments with underground parking serving a population expected to grow to 30,000.
The buildings have been designed to save energy, using renewable sources as well as reductions in CO2 emissions, equivalent to the heating energy required for a thousand homes.
It will encourage less car usage through improved public transport and has won several awards since the first sod was turned by the Taoiseach in 2005.
