Bray Main Street enhancements

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Bray’s Main Street is to get a massive €1.1m facelift this spring, Bray Town Council announced on Tuesday, February 23.
The ambitious scheme, which will cover the area along the Main Street from the Quinsboro Road to Bray’s Civic Centre is being funded by the National Transport Authority (NTA).

“This project has been a long time in the waiting it represents a positive approach addressing the short comings of Bray Main Street for pedestrians and retailers,” said Roads Technician Dominic Gillan of Bray Town Council. “The objective is to create a positive welcoming environment for Town Centre activity.”

In the first works of its kind since 1992, new granite footpaths will be laid on both the east and west sides of the street with a new cycle lane also being added on the east side going up-hill towards the Vevay Road.

Footpaths will be widened to give a 3 metre width on both side of the road. A pedestrian crossing will also be installed at the junction of the Civic Centre and the Main Street.

“This represents a rare opportunity to invest in the Main Street even in this current economic climate,” Bray Town Engineer Marc Devereux said. “We are grateful to the NTA for having faith in the project and recognising the value that it would bring.”

Car parking will be removed from the Main Street and three disabled car parking spaces will be provided off Main Street as well as two loading bays on the west side. Simultaneously, the drainage system is to be updated by making separate provision for storm water, while new lighting standards and street furniture will be added.

“I am delighted to finally get some real good news for Bray Main Street this project is going to give the Town Centre a real lift,” said Cathaoirleach of Bray Town Council, Cllr Mick Glynn. “We need to get the contractor up and running as soon as possible and get work started immediately with retailers helping shape the speedy roll out of the project.
“The high level design on the project is going to encourage pedestrians to become customers helping the overall prosperity of the Town Centre”
Contracts for the work will be signed on March 19 and work is expected to begin as soon as possible and will last for seven months.
“The new 30km speed limit and the provision of a new cycle lane on the Main Street will give the feeling of a much calmer shopping environment for customers” concluded Cllr. Mick Glynn
The Council is looking for funding to extend the scheme to cover the complete Town Centre Area in 2014.

mathproblem

very good.. i've always wished they could almost pedestrianize it if only an alternative way of routing the traffic could be found.. this sounds like the next best thing.

hope they do it right

Judgement Day

Will the expensive new paving come with chewing gum already applied or will the locals have to bring their own? I'm assuming that Bray UDC look after their pavements as well as Enniscorthy Town Council.

aloyisious

Yippee

Mikeyt086

Not looking forward to the traffic while that work is being done...

aloyisious

I take it this is now going ahead because the bridge/culvert work is nearly finished?

NobodyImportant

Boo urns on loosing the last few spots on the main street you could park on to pick up a chinese or run into a shop.

But great news that the road will be re-built and paths will be widened. It can be a pain getting a buggy down the sea side of the main street.

I wish the council would put in some planning restrictions to what shop fronts can look like and the street would look a big more uniform. Some of the buildings are an eyesore.