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.
The junction at The Crescent and Malahide Road is in an awful state. The cycle lane is to cross the junction. A no right turn, outbound, to The Crescent, should be implemented for safety. And they'll need to put in some measures to reduce speed drastically for anyone coming down Malahide Road who wants to turn left towards Clontarf. It's a disaster waiting to happen.
It always has been and some day someone will get killed crossing that road!
I suppose in terms of the cycle lane, they would argue that under the BusConnects plan for the Malahide road, that cycle path will be removed and instead routed down Brian Road.
Of course in reality 99% of cyclists will ignore it and continue to use it and it doesn’t do anything for pedestrians anyway.
I was thinking about how you would fix it properly and this is what I’d do:
Had another look at the works at this junction, and they've already filled in most of the hole now, looks to making good progress. Of course, the progress that they've made has been more than wiped out by starting the same work around the corner on the Howth road 😂. Huge hole there now, with all the wires going in.
I was down there today, looks like it’s no right turn to the crescent outbound now
Was away for 4.5 weeks till yesterday, I couldn't see any progress from Connolly to Strandville Ave, except the bus stop at Strandville having come along a bit. Newcomen Bridge still totally dug up with pipes and tubes exposed. Ffs.
Apart from the big open holes, the rest seems to be in finishing mode. Most of the time-consuming paving looks finished, around Fairview anyway. I think September is about right for an end to works.
Can't agree with that. There certainly has been progress between Talbot Street and the Five Lamps.
inbound was very busy this morning, as usual. great to see. hurry the feck up with outbound though.
Looks like they did a lot of resurfacing around Edges corner overnight. First bit of the final surface I think
14 workers in hi viz there at lunch time. I might have to revise my timeline. 🤣
Yes, I think that they've prioritised this junction, for whatever reason. They were putting in new lampposts when I went past the other day, including taking up the concrete around a pole that was brand new, so not sure what they're doing there.
In terms of work left, they've got to finish the corner that they're working on, then there's the lights on the Bram Stoker Park side (I think, they may have done this side already), then road surfacing, but after that, it's done. The section from Alfie Byrne road to the Malahide Road junction will be completely done, with only minor works left. It's probably an aim of theirs to have a section to which they can point and say "This is done, both inbound and out!"
We should have a Boards meet up when it’s finished to walk along the route discussing the particular merits and pitfalls of this project. Turns out I know the chief engineer. Maybe he could join us. 😎
Cusack's please.
I've noticed already that much of the newly laid footpath works have been dug up and just replaced with tarmac patches, it looks awful. This is normal for DCC but I hope they don't intend on leaving them this way.
I see the capacity of the cycle path has already been vastly exceeded then?
I wonder what determines whether a cycle path capacity has been exceeded?
Like the picture above shows, a large group exceeding the width of the narrow cycle path? Any other riders may find it faster to just use the road.
to be fair we were at a red light, although i didn't think cyclists stopped at red lights
I already switch to the road to pass a lot of people out. I'm generally on it outside of peak commute times.
I've said before that the path will actually slow my commute, which I'm ok with, but sometimes I leave it very tight to get to work. Takes me ten minutes by bike, but I can do it in seven if I have to. If I drive, I need to allow 45 minutes, at times, for the journey. But actually can't remember the last time I drove into work.
While this cycle path is very welcome, it is actually designed to an insufficient capacity.
This cycle path varies between 1.5m to 2m. However the Cycle Design Manual set out that busy cycle lanes like this are to ideally use 2.5m and at a minimum 2m.
2.5m/2m would allow for space for overtaking by faster cyclists, etc.
Unfortunately I believe this project was designed prior to the Cycle Manual being published.
Yeah, I've frightened a few cyclists while overtaking. I always announce that I'm passing on the right. Not everyone is set up to hear me though.
For all the money that it's cost, there's a good few issues with the whole thing. DCC won't hear any of it though.
Seem to be resurfacing the seville place junction tonight, the cycle lanes are a kind of beige colour crossing the roads.
Another dull men's club update.
Was in the UK recently where they're building new cycle lanes through the city and this looks more like it:
Someone must have told them they had to stop for the photo.
Saw numerous "teams" out today working on planting, paving- the 'nice bits'.. On foot today and it was really noticable how perilous for cyclists the outbound route is with ongoing construction- a segregated lane cant come soon enough.
No way its finished in September as they are just not working on the outbound at all. And what the actual f**k are they doing with the Alfie Byrne East wall road bike lane? Hasn't been touched in like 2 months and F all needs to be done.
The Malahide Road/St Aidan’s Park Road Junction beside Sparkle is not for the faint-hearted. Proper cross-country driving for a second or two. Turning onto Marino Crescent is just as bad.
I would worry about fartcans and their lowered suspension but f@ck ‘em! 😝
They are definitely still working on it outbound, but the leaving cert was still going on up until yesterday, which will have limited the amount of areas that they could work on.
On the East Wall Road bike lane, I've no idea what the hold up here is, I wonder if they're waiting on the lights to be commissioned?
Drove out from the city this morning, there was loads of people working on it from Newcomen Bridge all the way out to the Howth Road junction.
Speaking of the Howth Road junction, the works are finished! The path is complete anyway, with the pedestrian tiles down and everything. There is still work going on in the cycle lane, looked like a small enough hole there, but I only got a fleeting glance at that. Looked like it could open fairly shortly.
Don't worry they can dig it all up again next year to add in the additional width. Works to be completed in 2027.
Yes, I believe within 10 years that we will be back upgrading it and expanding it.
The good news is that would be a relatively straight forward job. Remember it isn't building a bike lane that is taking so long and causing so much disruption, it is upgrading the water and sewage pipes that is taking all that time and disruption.
Widening the cycle path would barely be noticed for the most part and could be done in much smaller sections.
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