Dunkettle Roundabout upgrade - Any cycling routes

timmyjimmy

One for the Corkonians. Any of you have any idea if there any cycling/walking routes planned for the proposed upgrade? I've been searching online but I can't find definitive plans of what's being built. A cycling route would be lovely..

hesker

timmyjimmy wrote: »

One for the Corkonians. Any of you have any idea if there any cycling/walking routes planned for the proposed upgrade? I've been searching online but I can't find definitive plans of what's being built. A cycling route would be lovely..

https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-01/32107200%20Part%208%20Cycle%20Report%20Rev1.pdf

hans aus dtschl

What you need to be aware of is this plan:
(Plan for the Dunkettle Interchange proper)

https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-01/32107200-CYC-P8-001%20Rev1%20A1.pdf
https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-01/32107200-CYC-P8-002%20Rev1%20A1.pdf
https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-01/32107200-CYC-P8-003%20Rev1%20A1.pdf

And this plan:
(Glanmire area cycle plan)
https://www.corkcoco.ie/public-consultation-part-8s
Specifically projects 9 and 10.

Both are directly connected to each other.

Mefistofelino

There's absolutely no "fluidity" to the cycle lane provision around the new Dunkettle Interchange. Cycling to / from , say, the "original" Dunkettle roundabout to the Wallingstown area near BASF or the Community Centre is going to take 5-6 crossings of roundabout slip-roads and Irish Rail freight yard entrances in just over 1 kilometer. In addition, the route is a bidirectional, shared footway / cycleway which looks decidedly malnourished if they are hoping to increase pedestrian / bike commuting to Little Island

My current favourite portion is how the shared route from the "original" Dunkettle roundabout starts off - they are planning on making the hard-shoulder of the Glashaboy bridge into the shared path, alongside the bridge guard rail. Long-term users of that road will be familiar with the number of impacts that rail has sustained over the years from vehicles losing control as they exit the roundabout and spearing into the parapet. The proposal to protect the shared path from future accidents? A low kerb.