Earth Moving opposite Lidl

daffy_duc

Does anyone know what's going on opposite Lidl?

They've been doing some serious earth moving there lately.

Blingy

daffy_duc wrote: »

Does anyone know what's going on opposite Lidl?

They've been doing some serious earth moving there lately.

The new templecarraig COI school!?

loyatemu

It's temporary accommodation for the new secondary school and presumably earthworks for the permanent building which is to follow.

http://www.templecarrigschool.ie/building.html

artvandelay48

Apparently it's a macdonalds, KFC, and subway food court

Alun

They'd be better off building a multi storey car park for the hordes of cars coming to pick up the kids from the existing school there. Trying to get out of the Lidl car park (where half of them park without even going into the shop) anywhere near 3pm is an exercise in futility.

Blingy

artvandelay48 wrote: »

Apparently it's a macdonalds, KFC, and subway food court

Haha if only ;-)

loyatemu

Alun wrote: »

They'd be better off building a multi storey car park for the hordes of cars coming to pick up the kids from the existing school there. Trying to get out of the Lidl car park (where half of them park without even going into the shop) anywhere near 3pm is an exercise in futility.

bad planning - all the new housing where the kids are growing up is to the south of the town, nearly all the primary schools are at the northern end of the town. Result is huge numbers of kids being driven to school, and gridlock in the village. It's going to get worse too.

A school bus serving Eden Gate, Charlesland and the various schools would possibly be a solution but the schools have staggered start times which makes this awkward (Temple Carrig will be starting at 8.15)

Charlie-Bravo

E.T. and Gael Scoil have the Bus Eireann transport scheme. ET even have two buses, one from Charlesland and another from Kilcoole I think. A good 58 seater bus each taking a good handful of cars off the road. Staggered open times definitely help but it's still a nightmare going through Blacklion as traffic will be heavy all morning. Once TC is open, it will no doubtedly have a knock-on effect. Solution is to complete the upgrade of the road from Redford Park through to Roche's Chemist, and also to get the link road done from Blacklion Manor to Lawrence's school and all the way to Delgany Woods (west).

pixbyjohn

Because of the location and the fact that both the Greystones to Bray road and the N11 northbound from Kilpeddar is already jam packed with traffic in the mornings there is no solution to traffic chaos when the new secondary school opens unfortunately.

Charlie-Bravo

You are right John, I propose a dual carriageway from Blacklion past Tescos to Kilcoole.

Cheeky Chops

TCG are talking about running a bus service as well and it is served by the 84 and 184. Who drops their kids to secondary schools?

The primaries need more walking buses and cycling initiatives.

Nearly every car I pass in the morning has one person in it. Car pooling makes so much sense but people like being in their own space it seems.

recedite

There is another thread about the admission policy of TCC and where its pupils might be drawn from, but one of the reasons that schools in this country generate so much traffic is that people don't normally send their kids to the nearest school, as they would in other countries. Kids living in location A travel to location B to school, passing kids from location B going in the opposite direction to their school in location A.
In Blacklion specifically, it is likely that most of the clientele attending the two primary schools will go on to secondary schools other than TCC, thereby increasing the total amount of traffic there considerably, ie three completely different sets of families involved in different schools..

In the USA for example, the school bus just goes around picking all the kids up, and takes them to the local school.
In Ireland we apparently like to have a multiplicity of schools, each with a different "ethos" to choose from, and so we must pay the price.

iNeedCoffee

recedite wrote: »

In the USA for example, the school bus just goes around picking all the kids up, and takes them to the local school.
In Ireland we apparently like to have a multiplicity of schools, each with a different "ethos" to choose from, and so we must pay the price.

Not correct. Typically the buses only pickup people who are more than two miles away.
The schools however are designed with car drop off lanes to allow people to leave their kids at the door without having to park and walk up.
Given the green field sites at Blacklion, this could have been included..... but this is Ireland.

Charlie-Bravo

Greystones ET has a drop-off lane - not sure how much use it is being on the opposite side of the school where all the kids have to line up in the yard!

loyatemu

also theres a danger it encourages parents to drop their kids to school