tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11965515.post5700812627238107685..comments2023-10-09T11:35:37.953+01:00Comments on Cuffe Street: The Eastern Bypass is back, and it's nastyCiaránhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013998074728053786noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11965515.post-71783794794360018282009-03-27T12:00:00.000+00:002009-03-27T12:00:00.000+00:00Ciarán, the Eastern Bypass notion goes back a lot ...Ciarán, the Eastern Bypass notion goes back a lot further than 20 years. It goes back to when the main sewers (if memory serves) were laid along the foreshore at Sandymount strand and the then Corpo engineers wanted to turn Strand Road into a four-lane dual carriageway into the city, with the occasional footbridge to allow access to the beach amenity. The prom on the beach was a raod-in-waiting for many years, until traffic volumes pushed the by-pass idea further east, into and over the bay.<BR/><BR/>I think Booterstown was always the intended 'landfall' for the by-pass, with a road reservation up to the N11 by St Helens, but I'm open to correction on that.<BR/><BR/>- TSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11965515.post-42680315221261091952009-03-25T19:48:00.000+00:002009-03-25T19:48:00.000+00:00I just enlarged those images and, yes, I agree, th...I just enlarged those images and, yes, I agree, they're really nasty.CDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10872662895546764287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11965515.post-43708865381135931052009-03-24T17:00:00.000+00:002009-03-24T17:00:00.000+00:00I find it hard to agree with your post.What's it g...I find it hard to agree with your post.<BR/><BR/>What's it going to hook into? It's the last section of the ring road around Dublin, it will hook into the port tunnel and the M50 in the south. <BR/><BR/>It is a key of strategic infrastructure but should be of the lowest priority in T21 in my view. I see no harm in proceeding with planning though.<BR/><BR/>What's happening with traffic management or cycle lane standards? I think cycle lanes should be on the road but separated by concrete barriers as in Paris and Amsterdam. The amount of cars that drive into them is disgraceful, what are the greens doing about it?CDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10872662895546764287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11965515.post-29287946314442311562009-03-24T16:06:00.000+00:002009-03-24T16:06:00.000+00:00Sorcha, that 95% allows them to be a good few minu...Sorcha, that 95% allows them to be a good few minutes late (10 I think) on what is meant to be a comparatively short journey time.<BR/><BR/>As for the nastiness of those images, it's hardly the old San Fran Esplanade in all fairness. I'd not be in favour of the scheme but let's have some perspective here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238749613615582511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11965515.post-81481675382787808222009-03-23T07:49:00.000+00:002009-03-23T07:49:00.000+00:00Brain-dead. What in the name of the almighty is it...Brain-dead. What in the name of the almighty is it going to hook onto? roads that are already too busy, that's what. Just take a look at Dublin in 1915, and the tram-tracks. Supply those, with <I>frequent</I> trams, and people will leave their cars at home... but they won't leave them at home for an unreliable and overcrowded DART (95% is not good enough!!) with huge holes in the timetable at rush hour to let the diesels go through and ineffective connection between the north and south of the city centre.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403024476565716290noreply@blogger.com