Analysis of Questionnaires: 8th March, Greenhills Hotel

Ainilís ar Cheistneoirí:

Importance of issues in choosing a route

Breakdown of public's responses in completed questionnaires

• A lot of people consider the traffic benefit of the proposed road to be the most important issue in choosing a route. Traffic Benefit received a majority of Highest Merit Factor 1 votes. No one considered traffic benefit of the scheme to be lower than a factor 4.
• A large number of people considered impact on the community to be the second most important issue.
• A large number of people considered the cost of the scheme to be the least important consideration. Cost of scheme received a majority of merit factor 6 votes.
• A large number of people considered the environmental impact to be the third most important issue.
• A large number of people considered the impact on industry to be the fourth most important consideration.
• A large number of people consider the impact on shipping to be the fifth most important consideration.
• No one considered the impact on shipping to be important enough to assign a merit factor 1.