Clontarf to City Centre Cycle & Bus Priority Project discussion (renamed)

"Some" is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in that update. It's already way behind so I doubt a few extra mains connections are responsible for the overall glacial pace of the project.

When it gets back to the normal level of cyclists using it I expect to see a lot more people cycle in the bus lane. It's just too narrow to overtake in the bike lane and if you get stuck behind a plodder then the only option is out on to the road.

Overall it's been a very poorly designed, managed, and implemented project. I'd like to think lessons will be learned from it but I doubt it.

From my own chats with one of the foremen, you’ve hit the nail on the head.

An awful lot of the utilities were not located where the plans said they would be (similar to the LUAS works on Harcourt Street back in the day). That will always cause serious problems.

That being said, once the utility works are completed, the rest tends to follow reasonably quickly - the works between Talbot Street and the Five Lamps for example have progressed rapidly in the last few weeks.

It's a mess down those holes and none of the utilities have the foggiest where their services are actually laid.

For day 1 it's been a fairly haphazard approach they've taken. They've decided on maximum disruption for an extended period of time. Random sections completed and then closed off. Huge sections closed off with little to no work going on in them for extend periods of time. It's been a complete mess.