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10 Minute Towns |Access i b i l i t y & Framework Repor t

The 5 to 10-minute cycling catchment would improve with the additional links particularly southwest of the town, such as Willow Park, Poachers Gate and Tullow Road. A quantitative analysis was undertaken to understand the difference in population and workplace between the baseline and proposed improvement catchments and this is summarised in Appendix J1.

The 10-minute walking catchment has the greatest potential for expansion of existing catchments to a wider population in Carlow, with increases of 14% and 10% for secondary schools and special school, respectively. The proposed improvements within close proximity to St Dympna’s Hospital and Sacred Heart Catholic Hospital, particularly a new connection via Carlow Railway Station has the potential to expand the walking population catchment of hospitals by 8%. The potential expansion of the hospital services’ walking catchment is shown in Figure 45. Additionally, potential new connections via Carlow Railway Station show that workplace catchment for colleges would increase by 7%, together with hospitals and secondary schools, with increases of 5% each.

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Sacred Heart Catholic hospital

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St Dympna's Hospital

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Walking catchment 5 mins 10 mins

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Kilometres

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Figure 45: Potential expansion of walking catchment for hospitals with new connections around Carlow Railway Station

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