Residents on dozens of small roads that feed on to North Strand, who want to drive into the city, will also be blocked from using the road inbound and will have to first drive north out of town to head back south on the diversion route. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish TimesOne of the busiest traffic arteries into Dublin city from the northside is to be closed to private cars for at least one year from Monday to facilitate the construction of the Clontarf to city centre cyclepath.
Residents on dozens of small roads that feed on to North Strand, who want to drive into the city, will also be blocked from using the road inbound and will have to first drive north out of town to head back south on the diversion route. “If we had tried to do this by giving over tiny bits of land to the contractor bit by bit, it would take decades to complete the project. What we have tried to do is prioritise public transport, cycling and walking and make sure they aren’t discommoded at all,” he said.
Here’s a f’ing disaster about to happen
There is currently no right turn —that is outbound turn—into some of the streets off North Strand so wonder how that is going to work.
Isn't there water mains, sewerage, footpath, bus lane, and general realm improvements too? The place is a total mess, it's badly in need of redevelopment.
After living in the Netherlands for a year I can say that Irelands cycle infrastructure is comparatively abysmal. In my local town the are paths that go 20 feet and none on the opposing side of the road. We have a lot of work to do to convince people to cycle in Ireland.
LeoVaradkar MichealMartinTD MaryLouMcDonald Just crazy, they have already made a mess of Griffith Ave. Who do these guys answer to, its certainly not the voters