Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

What imbecile decided there would be no bus lane on the N4 crossing the M50?

  • 21-10-2009 8:47am
    #1
    kida
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭


    Every morning there is tailback starting from 7.00, sometimes earlier. Why when they were building this bridge did they not make it wide enough to carry a full bus lane. Idiots - rant over.


Comments

  • #2
    rgfuller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭rgfuller


    Probably because they expected the tailback to be erradicated by the palmerstown traffic junction being improved/replaced in the distant future.


  • #3
    bg07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 248 ✭✭bg07


    kida wrote: »
    Why when they were building this bridge did they not make it wide enough to carry a full bus lane.

    The city bound bridge over the M50 was an existing bridge. Presume the cost of widening that bridge was one of the main factors.


  • #4
    kida
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭kida


    spend the bit extra and get it right - too much of the it will do mentaility in this country


  • #5
    Heroditas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,620 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    kida wrote: »
    Every morning there is tailback starting from 7.00, sometimes earlier. Why when they were building this bridge did they not make it wide enough to carry a full bus lane. Idiots - rant over.

    The same imbecile who decided to leave the inbound bus stop approximately 200m from the main junction


  • #6
    kida
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭kida


    right shower alright


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    kida wrote: »
    spend the bit extra and get it right - too much of the it will do mentaility in this country

    Replacing that bridge wouldn't have been a 'bit extra', it would have hundreds of thousands and added months to the project due to needing to divert traffic off the existing one.


  • #8
    a_ominous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭a_ominous


    Heroditas wrote: »
    The same imbecile who decided to leave the inbound bus stop approximately 200m from the main junction

    And probably the same imbecile who decided to leave the outbound bus-stop 200m from motorway off-ramp and 500m from the shopping centre.

    And probably the same guy who thought it was a good idea to force cars southbound on M50 to cross 3 lanes + bus lane to access Liffey Valley slip road.


  • #9
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    In fairness these problems were design constraints that couldn't be eradicated, not some idiot designer.

    They did their best to fix a horrible mess. You can't have everything. How would people have solved these problems easily and without adding a few million to the cost of the project?


Advertisement