Redesign the Red Cow Roundabout

PH01

If you travel by road from Cork to Dublin, or connecting with the M50, you use this roundabout. If you're going to be using the LUAS to or from Tallaght you will be using this roundabout. And you'll find when you get there that it is a TOTAL mess!

So here's a challenge. You’ve just got the job to redesign this roundabout, what would you do?

TUTS

Buy a helicopter or get a new job that would avoid the chaos!

Winters

I would wait untill the SDCC raise the 10m Euro further needed for the construction of a grade separation overpass that is planned to take the N7 traffic down into the median of the Naasroad and then merge with Traffic before the Luas tracks cut across from the south side of the Naas Road.

Ill be waiting a while...

The Luas bridge should have been build further down the M50 enabling it to cross both the motorway and the off/on ramps...but hey.what can you do?

PH01

Originally posted by Winters
The Luas bridge should have been build further down the M50 enabling it to cross both the motorway and the off/on ramps...but hey. what can you do?

It's probably a stupid question but why didn't they do that? where it is now is just crazy

dmeehan

it was probably the cheapest option:rolleyes:

Victor

I would do something like this:

• dark blue - motorway and ramps
• dark green - Naas Road (new elevated overbridges), new freeflow lane at An Post / Luas
• light green - existing roundabout
• red - local roads
• pink - pedestrian / cycle routes (part across existing Luas bridge, with new bridge at north side)
• light blue - Luas (new elevated bridge)

No dedicated Luas interchange bridge would be needed, as the amount of traffic on the roundabout would drop drammaticly.

Consider removing freeflow lane at Ibis Hotel (hazard to cyclists / pedestrians).

De Rebel

That roundabout should have been sorted out 10 years ago. Its too late at this stage.

Isn't there a plan to replace the Naas Dual Carriageway by building an M7, paralell to the N7. AFAIK the junction numbering even takes account of this. surely getting on with that would be the best solution.

dmeehan

is there space left to build this new M7?

Victor

Originally posted by De Rebel
Isn't there a plan to replace the Naas Dual Carriageway by building an M7, paralell to the N7. AFAIK the junction numbering even takes account of this. surely getting on with that would be the best solution.

It was to go along an alignment at the railway and canal - it has very much been put on the long finger, if it ever gets off the ground at all.

D'Peoples Voice

Victor wrote: »

I was to go along an alignment at the railway and canal - it has very much been put on the long finger, if it ever gets off the ground at all.

Not going to happen now anyway!

Bards

why bring up a 5 year old thread?

D'Peoples Voice

Bards wrote: »

why bring up a 5 year old thread?

To see if people's opinions on it have changed.