UCD track to close!!

Kissy Lips

Testosterscone wrote: »

Haha was just searching for this thread to pop it back up.

Made my day to see this finally being restored and enough funds to keep it maintained

Will the average Joe Punter be allowed to use it or will it be gated and for UCD and select running clubs only?

Testosterscone

Kissy Lips wrote: »

Will the average Joe Punter be allowed to use it or will it be gated and for UCD and select running clubs only?

No details have been revealed yet. If is clubs could be an incentive that join.

My office is overlooking the proposed new site, could save me my normal 10k warm up haha

Krusty_Clown

It's a super results and we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but sends completely the wrong message to the likes of the UCD administration, as it entirely absolves them of any guilt or responsibility for the original decision. The generous donor should add a proviso that the track will be funded on the condition that those who ripped up the original track will never be allowed to set foot on it.

Testosterscone

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

The generous donor should add a proviso that the track will be funded on the condition that those who ripped up the original track will never be allowed to set foot on it.

Reckon your safe enough there. Pretty sure Mullins and Brady had never been near the old track either.

Do agree though sure the money made from 4 years of pay and display on old track would have gone a long way towards that original quote for new track

sideswipe

Good to see a new track being build whatever the circumstances. An estimated cost of 3 million for a track is pretty shocking, are they really that expensive to construct or is that figure to cover other infrastructural elements of the build I wonder.

robinph

sideswipe wrote: »

Good to see a new track being build whatever the circumstances. An estimated cost of 3 million for a track is pretty shocking, are they really that expensive to construct or is that figure to cover other infrastructural elements of the build I wonder.

That will be for the cost of the defensive spikes all around the track to puncture tyres of any JCB's that get near it.

Chivito550

sideswipe wrote: »

Good to see a new track being build whatever the circumstances. An estimated cost of 3 million for a track is pretty shocking, are they really that expensive to construct or is that figure to cover other infrastructural elements of the build I wonder.

For that price you’d want to have a full indoor sprint track, indoor jumping and throwing areas etc. and the outdoor track better be 8 lanes, not this 6 lane rubbish they suggested a good while back, and everything to be mondo.

I thought a mondo track cost 1.2 million?

Down South

That price includes 20 years maintenance according to Irish Times

Testosterscone

Chivito550 wrote: »

For that price you’d want to have a full indoor sprint track, indoor jumping and throwing areas etc. and the outdoor track better be 8 lanes, not this 6 lane rubbish they suggested a good while back, and everything to be mondo.

I thought a mondo track cost 1.2 million?

Other factors which can be a factor is the foundations of the track and adequate drainage (given this car park is currently in a bowl this would have to be tackled to prevent flooding)

Also the provision is there for 20years of maintenance so this figure could be included in that price (full details are speculative at this moment in time)

sideswipe

Planning application in progress-

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/plans-for-new-ucd-athletics-track-now-up-and-running-1.3751575