gandalf wrote: I agree with Lemming this has ruined the whole area, but then again all the apartments and houses they are cramming into every little spare piece of land around there is as well. As long as FF's property developer mates "get paid" eh :rolleyes:
Glowing wrote: I agree about the traffic - it will be hell. We can only hope that the Luas will take some of the pressure off. The traffic along the ballinteer road near the M50 is chocablock already, i don't know how we're going to manage.
Glowing wrote: I believe there are plans to close off traffic to the main st .... well except for busses. It might help preserve the 'village' feel to dundrum, but I suppose it will lead to even more jams on the bypass.
Bus route axed as Luas takes the passenger load ONE of Dublin's longest running bus routes, 48A to Dundrum, is being scrapped by Dublin Bus as commuters opt for the Luas service instead. And the bus company is also reviewing both the 77 and 56A routes in view of the impact of the light rail trams between Connolly station and Tallaght. Last night Fine Gael Transport spokesperson Olivia Mitchell called for the axing of the 48A to be immediately overturned while the Green Party said buses freed up by the ending of the route should be diverted to the infrequent 44 service to Enniskerry. Under the Dublin Bus plan the 48A service would be taken over by the 14/14A with the same frequency of service maintained. It said four to five buses would be available to the company because of the move which is expected in a matter of weeks. These would be used where needed elsewhere. Ms Mitchell said: "It may well be that the Luas has taken many passenger from the 48A but there are many journeys people need to make which cannot be replaced by Luas. It seems every time there is a new transport service announced the public has to pay with the loss of an existing service." Figures at the end of last year suggested Dublin Bus lost up to 10,000 passengers a day on its routes in the catchment areas served by the two Luas lines. But the Roads Procurement Agency dismissed suggestions that the Luas was poaching bus passengers. Frank Khan
Glowing wrote: I don't think this country has any sense at all sometimes. .... we need to bring in some proper engineers, like the Dutch or the French perhaps. They really know how to do things properly.
gandalf wrote: LOL forgot about the 48A being discontinued Nice one Dublin Bus, it would have made more sense to leave it running and see what additional business they would pick up from the shopping centre for 6 months and review it then :rolleyes: Also didn't realise the Main Street was going to be closed, and don't forget the old shopping centre has to be knocked and apartments to be built on the site, ie years more of chaos !!!
heggie wrote: does that mean the 48N nitelink will be gone?
Lemming wrote: I actually want to level the place .... it's destroyed the village feel of Dundrum which is just .... dominated by this monstrosity. And the traffic is going to be utterly, utterly f.u.b.a.r.
