When is Bishops Quay and howleys quay road reopening?

Poxyshamrock

They were only road closure notices and yes, to be fair, certain roads were supposed to be reopen by April and May.

The project itself is supposed to last longer though.

Poxyshamrock

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

They were only road closure notices and yes, to be fair, certain roads were supposed to be reopen by April and May.

The project itself is supposed to last longer though.

7 months according to the link I posted earlier. Realistically we'll probably be looking at 8 months.

sleepyman

Anyone got any photos on this?How is the boardwalk coming along?Much progress?

mgbgt1978

Short answer....No.
Still looks pretty much the same as last month.
Come back in 6 months and it might well be nearly finished.

jmch81

Was down there on Monday morning so took two pictures. The upload on boards isnt working for me so here is the link to two pictures i took with my phone:
http://imgur.com/iTKioGT
http://imgur.com/ZfXAytn

jmch81

I quite like what they have done so far and the boardwalk out too poor man kilkee looks great in the plan (hope It works out).The area by the memorial looks much improved.

Berty

Saw the guy changing the flashing sign yesterday. Took off the month of may so it looks like they don't know either.

Brennans Row

@ jmch81: Do you have any images of the restored lanterns on Sarsfields Bridge too?

A bit off topic . . . . . normally I hate to see any vegetation (weeds) growing off any of the cut limestone structures along the river, but for once this looks well.

Photo courtesy of jrambonnet

Insect Overlord

Brennans Row wrote: »

A bit off topic . . . . . normally I hate to see any vegetation (weeds) growing off any of the cut limestone structures along the river, but for once this looks well.

http://www.tommycollinspoetry.com/2012/07/aubrieta.html

Kess73

I read a poem today,
it told of walls and flowers
on and on I read,
but found no sign of Judge Dredd.

Why would he do this,
and write of such things
To not mention Megacity,
was really quite shi...

sleepyman

jmch81 wrote: »

Was down there on Monday morning so took two pictures. The upload on boards isnt working for me so here is the link to two pictures i took with my phone:
http://imgur.com/iTKioGT
http://imgur.com/ZfXAytn

It looks well

sleepyman

Any progress on this since the last time I asked or does it still look like they've done nothing except lay the foundations for the boardwalk around Clohesseys?

roast

sleepyman wrote: »

Any progress on this since the last time I asked or does it still look like they've done nothing except lay the foundations for the boardwalk around Clohesseys?

The small green area around the Monument is being worked on at the moment too, as well as the paving leading down the river.

jmch81

sleepyman wrote: »

Any progress on this since the last time I asked or does it still look like they've done nothing except lay the foundations for the boardwalk around Clohesseys?

Read the thread and you will find some pictures.

Wallack

I moved to the Riverpoint building so I can tell you that everyday, at least, they are making noises.

crazygeryy

Wallack wrote: »

I moved to the Riverpoint building so I can tell you that everyday, at least, they are making noises.

noises of farting and burping and leaning against shovels is it?:D

Wallack

crazygeryy wrote: »

noises of farting and burping and leaning against shovels is it?:D

Mmmh, about farting I'm not fully sure if is from outside.

Cookiemunster

According to the Leader it'll be finished in August.

Brennans Row

The extended boardwalk is a radical change of the quays.

Hope it turns out well.

Nicholas de Jong architects also designed a controversial boardwalk along the base of King John’s Castle.

sleepyman

Well at least they've given a definate date-I'd imagine it will be more the end of August-September.

bigpink

Not sure im gone on it

kilburn

bigpink wrote: »

Not sure im gone on it

no surprise there, what exactly do you not like about it?
Is it the girl in black or the people staring at the trolley race in the river ? :P

bigpink

Not sure its kinda pointless don't think there was any need for the bridge part
Nice benches and some flower pots maybe

Itsdacraic

bigpink wrote: »

Not sure its kinda pointless don't think there was any need for the bridge part
Nice benches and some flower pots maybe

Wouldn't be like you to complain about something.
If they didn't do something like the above there'd be complaints "all they did was put in a few benches and some flower pots"

bigpink

Its an opinion!
Hard to judge from drawings

Buckeye

crazygeryy wrote: »

noises of farting and burping and leaning against shovels is it?:D

I live & work on Howleys Quay, so we get to spend breaks watching the progress, and if there's one thing I can say, it's that this crew are *not* standing around and leaning on shovels. They are all very good at what they do, especially the one who works the big orange digger thing - he's an artist, and we have a really good time watching him.

They also have to work odd hours sometimes, as some of the work has to be done at low tide. We've seen them out there a few times, working hard, before dawn and well past dark. They are also out there in some pretty crappy weather.

mgbgt1978

sleepyman wrote: »

Well at least they've given a definate date-I'd imagine it will be more the end of August-September.

They did give a definite date when they started.....7 months



Now it's definitely going to be finished within 9 months.....we'll see.

edit....not having a go at yourself sleepyman, more at the citiy council who can never get the completion dates right (not even close) every time they dig a hole in this town.

sleepyman

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

They did give a definite date when they started.....7 months



Now it's definitely going to be finished within 9 months.....we'll see.

edit....not having a go at yourself sleepyman, more at the citiy council who

can never get the completion dates right
(not even close) every time they dig a
hole in this town.

Was at home last weekend and I really don't think there's a hope in hell that it will be finished by August.

pigtown

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

They did give a definite date when they started.....7 months



Now it's definitely going to be finished within 9 months.....we'll see.

edit....not having a go at yourself sleepyman, more at the citiy council who can never get the completion dates right (not even close) every time they dig a hole in this town.

Just having a look through the Limerick City & County annual report for 2012 and they describe the contract for this job as lasting 9 months. Does this mean that the person in charge of the info signs was misinformed?

sleepyman

Much change down there or they still lumping rocks into the river?