Residents call for a trial of filtered permeability, which has been sucessful on nearby streets. Council officials say any plan would have to look at the impact of narrower roads. Officials are committed to preparing an area-wide traffic study, and progress is planned soon.Residents living around Dublins Richmond Road are planning to escalate their campaign for action on road safety on the street with a planned protest which may involve closing the road to traffic on August 12th, the Richmond Road and Grace Park Avenue Residents Association has said. Richmond Road has great potential and a wonderful community spirit, but decades of neglect have pushed us to breaking point. Its a place where people live, not a shortcut for traffic. We need bold decisions and a people first, always approach, the Richmond Road and Grace Park Avenue Residents Association.In a statement released on Wednesday, the group said: Following years of inadequate engagement by Dublin City Council (DCC) and its failure to address longstanding safety concerns, this escalation comes as 5 August marks one year of weekly peaceful footpath protests. Residents say that while DCC has implemented isolated measures, these piecemeal interventions often address one issue while inadvertently worsening another.The group said that their key concerns include years of unenforced weight restrictions resulting in larger trucks using the road as an illegal rat run, the council approving the road as an access route for the Land Development Agencys Richmond Village development on the road, and what the group called broken promises on consultation.Following a meeting on 1 April 2026, Dublin City Council promised a collaborative interim traffic-calming proposal and on-site visits. Instead, contractors were sent to survey parking relocation before any community input took place, the group said. The group also claimed that there is a lack of transparency, outlining that Residents report a pattern of poor process, where official meetings remain unminuted, and decisions have been forced back to a second vote until Dublin City Council achieves its desired result, overriding the mandate of local residents and councillors.The Richmond Road and Grace Park Avenue Residents Association said that some of the measures put in place by the council, such as bollards, have been counterproductive as they have narrowed already substandard footpaths, increased speeding, and pushed cyclists onto the footpaths.Residents strongly oppose Dublin City Councils proposal to remove on-street parking solely to widen the carriageway. With deaths on Irish roads increasing, existing parking provides a vital buffer for pedestrians and helps slow traffic. Removing it to improve traffic flow prioritises vehicle movement, directly contradicting the principles of DMURS and the Road User Hierarchy. With 1.35 million cars using the road each year, it is already over capacity, the group said.They added: Rather than reactive fixes, the Association is advocating for a holistic solution built around health and safety. Residents call for an immediate trial of filtered permeability under Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act, a proven, low-cost way to create a calm, safe environment for vulnerable road users.On Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for Dublin City Council said they recently met with the residents and theres an agreed plan to progress a traffic study for the wider area.The spokesperson said: DCC have been working collaboratively with residents of Richmond Road to make this Road safer for all. There have been numerous meetings with residents, including one as recently as the 29thof July 2026, and DCC have committed to preparing an area-wide traffic study to assess the impact of any changes to existing traffic arrangements.It was agreed at this meeting on the 29thof July 2026 that the tender brief for the Area Wide Study would be ready for comment by the Councillors and members of the Richmond Road and Grace Park Avenue Residents Association, by the end of August 2026, the spokesperson said.The spokesperson said: The necessity for an area-wide traffic study to assess likely impacts and mitigations required is because the section of Richmond Road which residents want to have filtered permeability on does not have a suitable parallel route where traffic could be easily diverted to. Instead, diverting traffic from this section would likely lead to an increase on the parallel road of Ormond Road and Church Avenue. Church Avenue is a very narrow road and passes directly in front of a primary school, and any increase in volume here would be very undesirable and require intervention.In addition, Grace Park Road between Griffith Avenue and Richmond Road has a primary school, a secondary school and St Josephs School for children with visual impairment, the council said. The Dublin City Council spokesperson added: Therefore, changes to this area of Richmond Road have to consider the wider area impact. To that end, DCC had agreed to undertake this study and had also agreed within the last fortnight to share the tender brief for this study with Councillors and local residents prior to going to tender.