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.
Whatever contractor/builder did the work.
They don't seem to hold them accountable
I'll throw something into the local council/councilors too.
If they have numerous people banging the table they won't be let get away with the "That's grand" approach.
It is utterly disgraceful when you think of the spotless and very costly the roading project as been.
Yes Donna Cooney looking into it now too.
There's loads of it a mess
Impossible not to see it as a clear and utter p*sstake.
It's a pisstake by the contractors but DCC are the ones letting them away with. I see Donna Cooney cycling around here all the time and she pretends to be surprised when I point these patches out to her.
The likes of the above is surely works on behalf of the homeowner. It is surely upgrading a utility connection to the house after the C2C contractor was finished there. Of course DCC should be on to them about reinstating the path as they found it but I seriously doubt DCC or their contractor are at fault there.
That one is just random at entrance to park. Not a private residence. I'll snap the private residence one when I get a chance. What an exciting life I lead lol.
It's almost certainly ESB works. They (the C2CC builders) went over what happened in a lessons learned video on youtube (I think it was Engineers Ireland), but essentially the ESB cables were a complete and utter disaster. The ESB said that they were fine, but they continued to blow throughout the project, and have continued to blow since the project was complete. The guy on the video went on to say that this is the biggest thing on the whole project, any future project should insist on the ESB replacing any old cable.
What we're seeing now is the result of the ESB cables being replaced "post project", so the remediation work is no longer falling onto the project team, as they've finished. I'd be looking directly at ESB and their contractor for this.
So apparently post completion anyone doing works has to get permission from DCC but that hasn't been happening and they're just tearing it up anyway
Very much doubt it, to be honest. You'll always need a road opening license from DCC for any works under a path, but they'd never turn down an emergency request, which is what most of these were. After all, having a business or premise without power for any significant length of time is a nightmare in terms of pr/image, while a messed up pavement just isnt on the same scale at all.
No, what's happening now is that with the C2CC project wound up, you're now relying on the ESB to do the replacement works, and they're not bothered at all. They have a team of workers that do this kind of thing as their job, and they'll "save up" the work so that they can do a load of it in one area in one go. Means that this kind of stuff can hang around for ages, which is incredibly annoying.
I've seen similar here: we get told they'll fix it all at once
It’s generally a contractor that does all these ground works on behalf of ESB though, right?
Not 100% percent, but I'd be shocked if it wasn't.
New measures to combat illegal parking on Fairview Strand.
Can we just roll these out on a city wide basis pretty please? And tell anyone who whinges to go take a leap from relatively tall building.
Good to see they're proper bollards too and not the plastic ones
they're fine on wide footpaths, but on narrower ones they're an obstacle for pedestrians.
You are correct, but then a car parked on the footpath is an even bigger obstacle!
I think it would be better to put the obstacles along the edge of the cycle path, like the ones they have in Dun Laoghaire. Prevents cars from parking, protects cyclists and doesn't take up space on the footpath.
Dun Laoghaire CC build so much better cycle lanes then the junk DCC build!
This is what DCC think a cycle lane that is supposed to be used by children to cycle to school looks like:
Fun ramp for the kids there! The truck in the picture is parked in the cycle lane.
As an aside a cyclist was hit by a car on this cycle path today!
I really hate how they'll put them there but they'll never put them a few meters up the road because there are houses there and for some reason you're allowed illegally park if it's near your house
This is outside 64 north strand road, they seem to be doing up the house and ripped up the footpath for cabling or something. Surely they'd have to get the council involved so they can replace the footpath with the correct material instead of horrible tarmac? Doubt they involved the council at all though. 60 million quid and they're tearing it up bit by bit. I reported this on the portal, feel free to do the same. Still no progress on the mess outside patriot computer bloke's shop either, the case is still open.
They've actually fixed it! Never thought they would. Am annoying them about other ones now. Pics to follow.
also this one is fixed. walking home from shops last night i had ms monk and myself trying to make sure it was gone but yes 100% fixed it was at the entrance to the park at the bridge over the tolka. she thinks i'm nuts, maybe i am with this obsession.
Looks like we're digging up the road again, reports of 4 months closure inbound from St.Annes to Clontarf Dart station to replace a water main.
I blame the cyclists for drinking too much water 😏
https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/major-northside-route-to-close-for-months-as-works-take-place/
So many reports are getting this wrong.
Road will be reduced from Watermill Road to the Howth Road, which is James Larkin road. Them be no works from St Anne's park inbound. That's bad, but won't have anywhere near the affect that C2CC had.
There will eventually be works from St Annes park inbound, but that's going to be next year, and even then, the effect will be reduced as much of it will as take place in the grass area.
Sounds like perfect opportunity to sneak in/widen a few cycle lanes if they're digging up the road for a few months 😛
https://archive.ph/pctQ8
that's the indo article on the coming works. here's what they're closing. bloody cyclists again.
Claire Beakhurst, owner of Grafton Barber on Fairview Strand said -
I believe we lost four businesses along the street including Duggan Jewellers
why are they printing this stuff? the jewellers closed before the works even started.
Edit: oh i hadn't got to the interviewing duggan part yet - it seems he's saying he closed because the works would have made it too difficult to operate. i don't think anyone in their right mind drives to fairview thinking there'll be a parking space for them there before or after the works, you always have to park on a side street.
"There's already a water main there, there's nothing wrong with it. Why can't they just use that water main instead of putting in a new one. Waste of money. They don't even pay any tax!"
