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N5 - Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge [underway]

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,076 ✭✭✭paulbok


    Reopening delayed until Friday the 13th.

    What could go wrong?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,312 ✭✭✭Pete_Cavan


    So the tender is out for Strokestown Public Realm Enhancement Scheme and it really is as **** as that!

    They are basically putting a narrow grass verge either side of the road and then tarmacking the areas between that and the buildings. They don't seem to even be marking out parking spaces, must be worried people might then park in an orderly fashion. The existing road surface is to remain.

    The estimated value is €6m. It is almost impressive if they can spend that much money and achieve so little. Such a missed opportunity to give the town a new lease of life.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭Westernview


    That's a pathetic excuse for a public realm improvement. Results from a car dominated mindset and a fear of change amongst the locals. The majority of funding should withdrawn and diverted into towns that are serious about the whole towns first ethos.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Many many quotes from the movie Deliverance come to mind



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,821 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    It's probably a Dublin based firm designing this



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭veryangryman




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Neworder79


    "Exposed Aggregate concrete"

    I recently saw this finish in the Ballaghadreen town realm 'upgrade' works.
    It looks awful and feels gritty and totally unfinished surface to walk on. Dull, dirty, porous, cheap and unattractive like old 1950s concrete. How any architect thought this would enhance the urban environment is beyond me, can only assume it's a cost saving material?

    While the scheme isn't finished and will include planting, new alignments, kerbing and many other welcome traffic management changes, I felt sad for the towns people hoping this multi-million facelift will fix some of the dereliction, they will be very disappointed aesthetically if this is outside their door.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭Westernview


    There doesn't even appear to be cycle lanes included. One of the widest streets in Ireland and they wouldn't even allow active travel lanes. No proper public plaza area either apart from a lame attempt with the 4 separated quadrants right beside the roundabout.

    I feel sorry for people living there who wanted something better.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭Mullinabreena


    Most these face lifts like the one in Ballaghaderreen too are just lipstick on a pig. These towns are dying or almost dead. They need to be made more attractive to businesses which will increase the footfall



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    They need to be made more attractive to people which will increase footfall, which will then encourage more businesses.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Jayuu


    I have heard of similar issues in another town which has had a plan approved to improve the reasonably wide Main Street for pedestrians and where now some local gombeen has started to whip up opposition because the plan involves removing car spaces directly from the Main Street whilst providing the same amount of car spaces in a car park almost adjacent to it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭DumbBrunette


    Not sure what this is about, but a new case has been lodged with ABP about this project.

    https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/321770



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