Georges Street Lower (DL)

xia · 11-12-2008 11:05PM #1

Just came across this...So we'll see if that changes the atmosphere mentioned in the thread here earlier this year.
http://www.dlrcoco.ie/PressReleases/Georges_Street.htm

sweet-rasmus · 11-12-2008 11:25PM

cool. thanks for the link

Cookie_Monster · 12-12-2008 10:40AM

I can't see this making any difference to DL at all, it does not improve access a whole lot and provides no parking along its lenght to access the shops anyway.

Apparently its on of the first pedestrian streets in the country to be repealled

Tabnabs · 12-12-2008 12:51PM

[pedant] It was never a pedestrian street as the buses continued to use it (at speed) [/pedant]

The lack of decent parking nearby is a huge minus, M&S is particularly hard hit with this. I think that a reduction in rents for commercial properties and/or a few high profile shops would be necessary to draw in the crowds a bit more.

Cookie_Monster · 12-12-2008 01:20PM

Dyflin wrote: »

[pedant] It was never a pedestrian street as the buses continued to use it (at speed) [/pedant]

OK, minor technicality:p I'm actually amazed no one was killed by a bus along there at some point

Dyflin wrote: »

The lack of decent parking nearby is a huge minus, M&S is particularly hard hit with this. I think that a reduction in rents for commercial properties and/or a few high profile shops would be necessary to draw in the crowds a bit more.

Nothing short of a Buldozer will solve DL's problems...:D

Fletch123 · 12-12-2008 06:50PM

What a bloody mess. Typical DLR, they never should have made it semi-pedestrian in the first place. Do you think they'll rip up those fake cobblestones too? You can feel your brain rattle when going over them in a speeding rickety No. 7...

xia · 13-12-2008 06:24PM

Just been there. Loads of people but probably only due to christmas around the corner. Everyone still crossed the street wherever they thought of it. In addition the cars...looked quite messy.
At least it's now easier to get to Bloomfield's car park :rolleyes: But I agree, next step should be to increase on street parking spaces.

Dun laoire · 30-12-2008 12:49AM

Can they not just bring back the old road? Sure they have it stored in the Boylan Centre.

Cookie_Monster · 06-01-2009 11:50AM

The lights coming down off Convent lane take forever now:(

I've also nearly flattened a few people, they still just walk out without even looking, jump quite high when they get beeped though:D

Georges Street Lower (DL)

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