S2S Cycleway - northside

mrcheez · 15-09-2019 11:38am

site_owner wrote: »

I'm not thrilled about the change to the bike lane either but that's a terrible attitude.

My point is that the changes to the bike lane will make absolutely no difference to the existing state.

People will certainly continue to use it as they always have.

Duckjob · 15-09-2019 11:40am

site_owner wrote: »

I'm not thrilled about the change to the bike lane either but that's a terrible attitude.

Agreed.

Most folks on here (me included) would expect drivers to put our safety as first priority regardless of the rights and wrongs of a given situation. People on bikes need to pay the same respect and courtesy onward to people on foot.

site_owner · 15-09-2019 1:23pm

mrcheez wrote: »

My point is that the changes to the bike lane will make absolutely no difference to the existing state.

People will certainly continue to use it as they always have.

Then maybe that's the point.

It's not a segregated bike lane but some people think it can be treated as such, and that a little line of paint absolves them of responsibility to other park users

mrcheez · 17-09-2019 10:38am

Morning commute through the park past 2 days had the same number of cyclists / pedestrians. No change, nor will this change.

Those that walk their dogs on the cycle-side will continue to do so as they always have.

learn · 17-09-2019 5:44pm

Duckjob wrote: »

Agreed.

Most folks on here (me included) would expect drivers to put our safety as first priority regardless of the rights and wrongs of a given situation. People on bikes need to pay the same respect and courtesy onward to people on foot.

No problem in Holland.

"Legal requirements for your bicycle
Is a bicycle bell compulsory?
Yes, a bicycle bell is compulsory on every bike. Other traffic users have to be able to hear it at a distance of 25 metres. You’re not likely to be fined if your bicycle bell does not meet the requirements, but a good bell does make it easier to pass other traffic on narrow and busy roads."

magicbastarder · 12-10-2019 5:44pm

so the baldoyle-portmarnock footpath/cycle way is open?

https://twitter.com/ireland_active/status/1183039555500433410

Colonel Claptrap · 12-10-2019 6:43pm

Pretty sure that's the path at the top of Paddy's hill. Not the cycleway.

RobertFoster · 12-10-2019 7:03pm

Looks like this former dirt track.

RobertFoster · 05-11-2019 1:20pm

Nice bit of rain recently...

cdaly_ · 05-11-2019 3:45pm

Is that the approach to the Portmarnock roundabout?

RobertFoster · 05-11-2019 4:22pm

cdaly_ wrote: »

Is that the approach to the Portmarnock roundabout?

Yes it's the northern end facing away from the roundabout.

Not my photos btw, taken from Facebook.

brocbrocach · 05-11-2019 5:49pm

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dublin-greenway-flooded-under-construction/

Tenzor07 · 06-11-2019 12:07pm

Any way to report the poor condition of the cycle path at Fairview park?

It's covered in fallen leaves and with all the rain they are sticking to the path and turning into slippy mush, very dangerous if you go for your brakes or turn in too quick...

comanche_cor · 06-11-2019 2:47pm

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Any way to report the poor condition of the cycle path at Fairview park?

It's covered in fallen leaves and with all the rain they are sticking to the path and turning into slippy mush, very dangerous if you go for your brakes or turn in too quick...

Yeah its brutal, I had the back wheel slip out on me there this morning, just a little scary!!

I guess contact dublin city council?

site_owner · 06-11-2019 3:47pm

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Any way to report the poor condition of the cycle path at Fairview park?

It's covered in fallen leaves and with all the rain they are sticking to the path and turning into slippy mush, very dangerous if you go for your brakes or turn in too quick...

the council say they are doing leaves as a priority

magicbastarder · 27-11-2019 9:05pm

RobertFoster wrote: »

Nice bit of rain recently...

passed by today - looked like they might have had a pump running, but possibly was just a generator. i joined the road from moyne road, so would have been just north of that.

jon1981 · 27-11-2019 11:38pm

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Any way to report the poor condition of the cycle path at Fairview park?

It's covered in fallen leaves and with all the rain they are sticking to the path and turning into slippy mush, very dangerous if you go for your brakes or turn in too quick...

Had accident on that stretch due to leaves. Once bitten twice shy. I now go through the park as they seem to pay more attention to clearing that than the cycle lane or along the road if it's quiet.

magicbastarder · 01-12-2019 11:58pm

Coastal greenway delayed as contractor hits drains and causes flooding

https://www.thejournal.ie/greenway-delayed-flooding-4911281-Dec2019/

Oberkon · 02-12-2019 12:58am

magicbastarder wrote: »

Coastal greenway delayed as contractor hits drains and causes flooding

https://www.thejournal.ie/greenway-delayed-flooding-4911281-Dec2019/

Passed it today it looks nearly ready too

Tenzor07 · 02-12-2019 11:28am

magicbastarder wrote: »

Coastal greenway delayed as contractor hits drains and causes flooding

What's concerning about this issue is that the council commissioned a construction company to build this path in a flood plain area without drainage being fully considered...
Now they can't start work again until April?

mathie · 17-12-2019 11:14am

Is it still possible to walk along where the track is going to be or is it an inactive construction site?

cdaly_ · 17-12-2019 11:53am

It's fenced off as a construction site.

Mercian Pro · 17-12-2019 9:26pm

Cycled the once flooded section a few weeks ago as the barrier was open at the Portmarnock end. It's great but, after meeting a few guys working, I decided it's not really fair on them if they get a rollicking from the Health & Safety supervisor. Skipped the longer southern section though it looked very inviting.

NeedMoreGears · 19-12-2019 2:42pm

The contractor was working this morning on the Baldoyle-Portmarnock cycleway at the Moyne road crossing. Are they working around the restricted areas or maybe the restrictions are not in place yet???

cdaly_ · 19-12-2019 3:17pm

I'm presuming the restrictions apply to the green areas but not to road junctions.

Nice to see the pretty severe ramp on the road at the Portmarnock end. That should make rejoining the road somewhat easier.

site_owner · 28-12-2019 8:27pm

The track lights are going in, the crossings are being prepared for the traffic lights to go in.

Its expected that the track will be ready to go very soon and the flood works will happen later in the year

Carawaystick · 29-12-2019 2:31am

site_owner wrote: »

The track lights are going in, the crossings are being prepared for the traffic lights to go in.

Its expected that the track will be ready to go very soon and the flood works will happen later in the year

How much later in the year?

site_owner · 29-12-2019 3:25pm

Carawaystick wrote: »

How much later in the year?

As far as I know they can't start digging out the drains until April due to wildlife

marvin42 · 02-01-2020 1:41pm

i did cycle parts of it during the holidays, and love it. Cant wait to see it open for all public!

brocbrocach · 21-01-2020 12:53pm

Sometimes I think I'm past being amazed ...
At the entrance to fairview park 'care and share' path some genius has decided to plonk a great big planting box. So you swing through the antique gate (if they bothered to open it that morning) negotiating the usual layer of slick leaves that they leave there and within five or six feet there's a huge wooden box taking up about half the shared path which you have to swing around again. If this morning was frosty I think I'd definitely have come off.
I wonder is it deliberate in order to slow down cyclists?

S2S Cycleway - northside

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