Dublin Bay cycle path

Tenzor07

Great news, 10 years later, work is due to begin

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/construction-of-dublin-bay-cyclepath-to-start-this-summer-decade-since-planning-began-1.1743864

Good to see it will take out that nasty bit between wooden bridge and the causeway, and the "Do or die" road crossing to get to the other side of the cycle path up at St. Anne's


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Shedite27

Any day now

Doctor Bob

Tenzor07 wrote: »

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@mods: this seems like the most recent/relevant thread on the subject, if you want to merge them.

(There are threads from over 10 years ago!)

expectationlost

A plan was finalised in 2008 which involved a pile-supported promenade and cable-stay bridging out over the lagoon. Its cost was up to €14 million, or €7 million per kilometre, and it was never implemented.


Road width reduction
The new scheme will cost less than half that and will involve no construction over the lagoon. Instead the road will be reduced to a three-metre width in each direction.

what? i've never seen this newer simpler plan.

Doctor Bob

expectationlost wrote: »

what? i've never seen this newer simpler plan.

The Part 8 planning application was put on public display in early 2013.

expectationlost

Doctor Bob wrote: »

The Part 8 planning application was put on public display in early 2013.

searched for s2s on dublin city website and i got this http://www.dublincity.ie/WATERWASTEENVIRONMENT/WATERPROJECTS/Pages/SuttontoSandycove.aspx

and what are we supposed to understand from those drawings? first time i heard they were going to narrow the road, was under the impression they were going ahead with previous scheme.

theKillerBite

Hopefully they don't make the cycleway redundant by installing these stupid things:



Go for something like:

Doctor Bob

expectationlost wrote: »

and what are we supposed to understand from those drawings? first time i heard they were going to narrow the road, was under the impression they were going ahead with previous scheme.

I think 'interim' is the key word here- this proposal is a short- to medium-term solution that shouldn't preclude a more comprehensive scheme being developed at a later stage. Until that happens, I think it's reasonable to address the gap between the Causeway and the Wooden Bridge with a workable - if not quite grade A - scheme; this gap has been a problem for a long time.

The wider S2S project is still a development plan objective for DCC and DLRCC, afaik, but lack of funds and some very tricky design challenges, especially south of Merrion Gates, mean that it's likely to be some years away before we get our world-class coastal promenade.

theKillerBite wrote: »

Hopefully they don't make the cycleway redundant by installing these stupid things:

I don't think any gates are planned, but I'm open to correction.

GoodBridge

More news on this:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/construction-of-5m-dublin-cycle-path-to-start-in-six-weeks-1.2106254

Wishbone Ash

Long running thread on this: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056895919

monument

Doctor Bob wrote: »

I think 'interim' is the key word here- this proposal is a short- to medium-term solution that shouldn't preclude a more comprehensive scheme being developed at a later stage. Until that happens, I think it's reasonable to address the gap between the Causeway and the Wooden Bridge with a workable - if not quite grade A - scheme; this gap has been a problem for a long time.

The wider S2S project is still a development plan objective for DCC and DLRCC, afaik, but lack of funds and some very tricky design challenges, especially south of Merrion Gates, mean that it's likely to be some years away before we get our world-class coastal promenade.

A bit late replying to your post, but it could have been grade A+ in the space being made by reworking the road etc:

http://irishcycle.com/2013/02/20/sutton-to-sandycove-cycleway-at-bull-island-has-a-silly-amount-of-unneeded-shared-use/

John_Rambo

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Good to see it will take out that nasty bit between wooden bridge and the causeway, and the "Do or die" road crossing to get to the other side of the cycle path up at St. Anne's

I don't know if any of you are aware, but bizarrely there's been serious tarmac machinery in Annes Park laying down pristine tarmac pathways within the park adjacent to All Saints Road during December where there isn't really a call for pristine pathways. Not sure if it's a "spend budget practice or you won't get it next year" but it's a good job that could have been spent on the actual coast road beside the park.