— A petition echoing the call has so far gained 773 signatures on my.uplift.ie.
The call to support the trial was made after politicians and others are continuing to try to block the trial after Dublin City Council won years of legal argument over the project.
The move to stop the project comes after the Court of Appeal last month ruled that council officials can go ahead with a trial of the route without planning permissions or further environmental assessments. The court ruled that the High Court, in making its judgment against the trial, had erred repeatedly.
A local residents group, the Strand and Beach Road Residents group, and the Climate and Health Alliance are the latest groups to join the call for Dublin City Council to go ahead with a 12-month trial of the Strand Road cycle path.
The current full list of groups supporting the call are: A Playful City, Climate and Health Alliance, Cycling Without Age, DLR Living Streets, Dublin Commuter Coalition, Dublin Cycling Campaign and the Irish Cycling Campaign, I Bike Dublin, Irish Doctors for the Environment, IrishCycle.com, Irish Heart Foundation, Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Strand and Beach Road Residents, and The Bike Hub.
Many residents and local councillors favour a cycle route being built on the planned Sandymount flood defences, but the project delivery timeline puts the construction of the project as being nearly 15 years away.