New entrance to Shopping centre?

Morag

Has anyone else heard of this?
Been trying to track down the plans but the sodding finglas website is a maze.

Apparently there is to be a new entrace for traffic approaching the centre from the N3, heard it will be where the pedestrian lights are beside the goods inwards entrance off the Blachardstown road south.

That way in bound traffic won't have to go up to the round about and stop start into the center from there.

Morag

Have found the architects proposal website.

http://www.wejchert.ie/project_information.php?projectId=24&parentId=3

Proposal is to turn the existing yellow car park into a shopping mall with under ground parking and create entrance off the Blanchardstown road R121
where the pedestrian lights currently are.

TheChrisD

I ended up Googling on this recently enough as well, there are some higher-res artists impressions in this PDF magazine: http://photos.myhome.ie/media/3/0/0/293003/BlanchardstownYellowMallYMag.pdf

Zaph

That magazine is from 2007. Are the plans still the same?

TheChrisD

Who knows. It's hard enough to find any real information about the entire thing as it is, so unless something new pops up, may as well assume that that's the plan.

ozmo

Looking at that list of shops - do they really need more shoes, Handbags and coffee shops?

There are plenty of them at the Red Mall end and throughout?

More stores needed for the lads - a Forbidden Planet or similar would go down well, maybe something to replace the lost Sony Peats and Gadget shops... a better link up to the outer wings of the center would be nice too.

Larbre34

This is a non-story. Proposal made 7 years ago, now dead.

No need for another vehicle entrance without new retail buildings.

daymobrew

Larbre34 wrote: »

This is a non-story. Proposal made 7 years ago, now dead.

You spoke too soon
Last Thursday Green Property Limited applied for an extension of duration of the planning permission.
The planning application is F07A/1416/E1.

Location:

Site Known As Yellow Car Park, Adj. To Yellow Entrance Of Blanchardstown Centre, Bordered By Rds Known As E & D & On Site Known As White Car Park, Bordered By Roads E, G & Blanch Rd, Blanchardstown Centre, Coolmine, Dublin 15

Details:

Demolition of Entrance Pavilion and removal of 380 No. car parking spaces, to provide for the Construction of: 3 storey development totalling 32,082 m² excluding carparking; and consisting of 25,286m² of Retail/Restaurant units, including 12,918 m². Major Store Unit over 3 storeys, 17 No. Internal Retail Units, 8 No. External Retail/Restaurant Units and a food court, over two storeys; 1457 m² of Mall as an extension to the existing Yellow Mall; 5,339 m² of associated Plant and Services space; all over 2 No. Underground Levels of Carparking containing a total of 749 underground car spaces adjacent to underground service tunnel; Glazed Entrance Link from underground Carpark to Street outside new proposed Entrance to Yellow Mall 5 No. ESB Sub Stations; Revised Signal Controlled Crossroads incorporating Pedestrian Crossings to replace existing roundabout at junction of Roads known as E, G, D, including new road between proposed revised crossroads and Blanchardstown Road South, incorporating access and egress ramps and associated tunnel to proposed underground Carpark. Associated entrances and works to existing White Carpark adjacent to Retail Park 3, the removal of 250 No. Car parking spaces and the provision of 227 No. Car parking spaces resultant in the provision of a net gain of 344 number Car parking spaces when combined with basement carparking and removal of spaces from existing Yellow Carpark; all associated hard and soft landscaping, signals and signage. An EIS will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application.

ozmo

all good except for

1. the loss of car park space in white - been years since you could never get a space in yellow - white always had spaces.

2. "Revised Signal Controlled Crossroads incorporating Pedestrian Crossings to replace existing roundabout"

Why so much hate in the locality of the roundabouts all of a sudden? - traffic light junctions only cause delays and long tailbacks - especially in busy places like this.

jeffk

ozmo wrote: »

Why so much hate in the locality of the roundabouts all of a sudden? - traffic light junctions only cause delays and long tailbacks - especially in busy places like this.

The only reason people hate roundabouts being removed is there is then no constant opportunity to risk a crash to get a car ahead. With lights you wait till its your turn to go.

I live more or less beside the new layout at Mulhuddart and i think its great.
There where some teething problems and the two lanes into one system being abused by people yet again wanting to be one car further isnt great.

athtrasna

ozmo wrote: »

all good except for

1. the loss of car park space in white - been years since you could never get a space in yellow - white always had spaces.

2. "Revised Signal Controlled Crossroads incorporating Pedestrian Crossings to replace existing roundabout"

Why so much hate in the locality of the roundabouts all of a sudden? - traffic light junctions only cause delays and long tailbacks - especially in busy places like this.

I'm all for removing that roundabout, since they changed the markings on it that left was for the left lane only and you have to get into the right lane to go right or straight, I've seen so many near misses caused by people in the wrong lanes.

Morag

The roundabout is not big enough for the volume of traffic on it, and the sets of pedestrian lights so close mean that cars get stopped on it, or some fly through them even when they are red. Hopefully it will mean easier access to the center and less grid lock around it.