So the balls-up has started since last night which makes Fairview from clontarf to Edges corner a single lane with bollards down the centre.
This will be a permanent feature and works will take 21 months.
You mean she said the inbound cycle track would be finished, and it was?
The project is clearly beyond its original finishing date now. But it was never due to be finished last year. The amount of misinformation around this is unreal, regardless if it's because of people spreading it on purpose or being unable to read.
The area around Westwood is close to being finished, the central divide is essentially done, with just the island in the middle to do now, which has already been marked out. The far side still has a fairly big hole where the traffic lights will be going in, but around the corner has been refinished already.
Further down towards Marino, the section under the pedestrian bridge is done as well, they were removing/moving the traffic barriers the last time I looked. Not sure how long ago that was by now.
Still big dug up holes with exposed pipes around Marino.
Any progress of late? The bridge in North Strand and all along Marino mart were still completely dug up with old and new pipes exposed a couple of weeks ago. I'll be home in 2 weeks after nearly 5 weeks away and doubt there'll be much improvement.
It's location isn't really suitable to be fair. It's been a nuisance for years and years.
I drove out of town on the Motorocyle yesterday, and I used that road. The temporary line marking/painting is a disgrace, I argue dangerous. There needs to be cones in the centre of the road and there is none.
There are about 3 or 4 places where the road/lane abruptly ends. I consider myself a very competent MC rider and Driver and I was getting confused as to where on the road I was supposed to be.
Yep at the next turn off 10 meters away
Ideally the club would be closed or moved to a more fitting location that's not on a main artery into the city.
Ah now, that is a wind up, surely?
I walked by a taxi man explaining to a neighbour this morning how the cycle lane in Fairview is costing €70m, it's impossible to drive through now thanks to the bloody cyclists, to which the neighbour commented that loads of businesses have closed down.
I was sorely tempted to turn around and correct all of their fake news...but I didn't fancy getting heartburn at 8.30am.
The level of ignorance and misinformation is crazy once anything cycle related is involved.
if they’re doing that there’ll still be the slip for access to the pitches surely?
Except that the slip into dart station is about to become Bus Only. Now marked out for painting. Dart Station, 15 bus routes, segregated cycle lane and ppl will still drive, some need to, most don't.
Trying to turn right out of westwood, yes, going around Bram Stoker park, or up the Howth road and down Hollybrook Road/St. Lawrence Road would be the official way, but I'd imagine that most will do a u turn at the junction. To get into Westwood wood coming from the city now, you'll go past westwood, under the bridge, and do a u-turn at the the little slip for the dart station.
Still not ideal, as you point out, it's just not a great spot for something that causes so much demand/traffic.
Had to be done in fairness.
You have to go around Bram Stoker park now right?
Looks like the trial of no right turn into/out of Westwood is permanent now.
Thank you. That's gonna make getting the bus to work a chore now unfortunately.
Yes they do, but most of the work now is what I would term relatively “cosmetic” by comparison to what they were doing previously.
The utility works are pretty much all done, and they’re now moving into the finishing phase. That tends to take far shorter.
There will be no direct replacement for the northside half of 14 under BusConnects save for the hourly route 8 which will take a tour of Clontarf along the way.
The thinking is that people will use the N4 instead and change.
But that will mean a drop of 6 buses an hour from Donnycarney Church to Amiens Street.
I wouldn’t say it ridiculous at all. They have a lot of work still to do around pretty much every junction inbound and outbound. The stretch from Lloyds to Connolly still needs a fair bit of work, as does Newcome bridge.
Considering this project is already almost 6 months late, I wouldn’t describe any part of it as rapid progress but that’s just me.
They are getting rid of the 14 route completely?
Correct.
There are no L routes along there.
Incidentally, the service levels along North Strand won’t be increasing under BusConnects when the D-Spine happens. The removal of the 14 will actually see service levels drop by up to 6 buses an hour if the planned service levels are rolled out.
Bus that serves well to do suburb is a pleasant experience, what a shocker.
The 27 on the other hand...
so it's just for the 130? i lived in clontarf for a while years ago, the 130 must have the most well behaved customers on the northside
Ah, I couldn't remember which route it was, thought it was one of the Ls, thanks.
It’s for the 130 which isn’t exactly infrequent!
Just FYI, the bus stops that they're adding to the route on the inbound side now are only local services, so won't get the full benefit of the increased services. You might still be walking to the other bus stop.
a bus stop going at the end of my street, woohoo. i didn't mind no stop there if it meant improving the service but will be nice not to have to walk to the other side of the north strand bridge to get a bus
I just listen to what the engineers tell me. 😂
I’ve no idea.
But I think that suggesting December is just poppycock.
So you think they are officially saying September now, so they can try and look good if they get it finished in August?
I think that some of the predictions here are verging on the ridiculous in terms of timeline.
As I said before, once the utility works are done, the rest is reasonably easy to complete.
You have only got to look at the rapid progress in recent weeks on the outbound section between Talbot Street and the Five Lamps.
I think this will be done well before September.
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