From: Ross Kelly 26th May 2005

Hi, My name is Ross Kelly and I’ve been aware of your proposal for some time now and watched a documentary on RTE last night about Dublin bay and the S2S scheme. I’m very interested in the proposal and would like to be involved as: – I’m a keen cyclist and have been hit by cars too many times on the Merrion Road! – I really think its important that the general public have access to the bay. With all the apartments going up along the coast the whole city’s going to be blocked off from the bay by five story private complexes. – I remember they had the same sort of thing in Chicago (except to a much larger scale) and it made the city a great place to live. So I was wondering if there was any way in which I could get involved in the project? I’m an IT manager with significant creative, interpersonal and organizational abilities. I’m not looking for a job here, I’d like to help out one night a week or so! If you don’t have any official set-up for volunteer helpers, maybe we could meet and discuss the project and I could maybe could think of ways I could help. I’m pretty good at adding value to a project without being a drain on current resources, so I really feel I could be of genuine use. I think this project is a great idea and it has caught my imagination so I’d love to help. Congratulations on your work to date,

Ross.

From Robin Mather 26th June 2005

I am very much in favour of the S2S. It would be an excellent amenity. I would be interested in information regarding this.

Many thanks,

Robin.

From Simon Roguls 25th July 2005

I was very pleased to read about the proposed s2s development on your site, and would be happy to lend my support to this initiative. While I am a regular cyclist and jogger, I think that a key value of the project will be to create a focal point for leisure activities for the wider populace of Dublin, not just commuters and exercise enthusiasts. I believe that such an amenity would transform a seriously under-utilised coastline and set the tone for a world-class recreational infrastructure in Dublin. It could provide an excellent basis and ethos for city-wide developments of this nature for years to come. I am keen to find out a little more about the present status of the proposal, and whether there is anything that I can do to assist in a securing a successful outcome.

With kind regards,

Simon.

From: Brian Maurer, Medical Director, Irish Heart Foundation 12th September 2005

Warmly support this initiative of which I have only just learned. Can we be of help in progressing the work. With increasing energy costs there will be no better time to start lobbying vigorously.

Brian Maurer

From Anna Walsh 2nd November 05

Badly needed and a great idea- I hope there will be more to follow. Go to Scandinavia and you can see how traffic has been cut by great cyclepaths where even children on their way to school can cycle.

From Petronius 22nd February 2006

Hi S2S

I hope this idea and campaign is alive and well and successful – i think it makes great sense. It has benefits for peoples health by encouraging them to be active walk and cycle. It surely increases the use of an under appreciated resource which is dublin bay and indeed the quayside. It was to my annoyance that i discovered that the new “foot” bridge to the IFSC(Seán o’casey bridge) does not cater for cyclists – and specifies “no cycling”

Wishing you all success.

Slán,

From Pat Hannon 3rd April 2006

Hello,

I heard the proposal for a continuous cycle-way from Sanycove to Sutton mentioned on the Today with Pat Kenny show this morning. It’s a wonderful idea. Having just come back from Chicago with a similar 15-mile lakeshore cycle-way I can really appreciate the idea. Can’t wait for it to happen along with the other interesting ideas that were mentioned on the show to enhance the Bay.

Best regards,

Pat

From: Cedric B. Herfeldt, 10th April 2006

Hi All

I attended at the Dublin Bay Futures event last Saturday in Dun Laoghaire and find your project very interesting. Would you eventually consider organising a walk along the bay?

Best Regards

Taoiseach, Minister,

Thank you for your efforts in support of the s2s project. I think it will in the future be a very valuable contribution to quality of life in Dublin and an example to the entire country, if your attention remains on it. I think it will have many spinoff benefits for individuals and communities and maybe even politicians.

Kind Regards,

Gerry Kelly

From David McCabe to the Taoiseach and Minister for the Environment 15th Nov 2006

My thanks to you Taoiseach and minister Roche for giving your public support to the Sandycove to Sutton project around Dublin Bay. The northsiders have their lovely linear park from Fairview to Sutton whilst us southsiders have only 500 metres at Sandymount.!!

So push it ahead as a 2007 Election project and use the rubble from Lansdowne Road demolition as infill at Sandymount. Well done and thanks to all involved.

David McCabe