Dun Laoghaire Traffic & Commuting Chat

Tabnabs

Good to see the essential bric-a-brac services are open again to the public in DL. Some shop called Vintique on Georges St has reopened to sell their essential wares to the all the people emerging from their 5km cocoons.

ted1

Tabnabs wrote: »

Good to see the essential bric-a-brac services are open again to the public in DL. Some shop called Vintique on Georges St has reopened to sell their essential wares to the all the people emerging from their 5km cocoons.

Would they be allowed open ?

Mav11

Bit of a rant.

Planned to go for a walk out the West pier last week, all within the 5km restriction. Parked the car in Albany Ave to cross at the pedestrian bridge over the tracks. Bridge closed due to covid restrictions. Fair enough, decided to walk down to the Dart station where that bridge was also closed due to covid. Again fair enough, decided to walk down past the Purty Kitchen. Found the pedestrian bridge near the Circle K open.

You would need traffic lights for the number of walkers bunching up and trying to cross here. No social distancing possible. So DLRCC in their wisdom decide to close 2 out of 3 pedestrian bridges due to covid restrictions and channel all pedestrians through the one remaining open bridge.

Am I missing something here, or is there some logic to this??

Yakov P. Golyadkin

Seapoint has been closed, I assume the bridges at Albany Avenue and the Dart station are closed to prevent access.

frash

Mav11 wrote: »

Bit of a rant.

Planned to go for a walk out the West pier last week, all within the 5km restriction. Parked the car in Albany Ave to cross at the pedestrian bridge over the tracks. Bridge closed due to covid restrictions. Fair enough, decided to walk down to the Dart station where that bridge was also closed due to covid. Again fair enough, decided to walk down past the Purty Kitchen. Found the pedestrian bridge near the Circle K open.

You would need traffic lights for the number of walkers bunching up and trying to cross here. No social distancing possible. So DLRCC in their wisdom decide to close 2 out of 3 pedestrian bridges due to covid restrictions and channel all pedestrians through the one remaining open bridge.

Am I missing something here, or is there some logic to this??

I think you might have been unlucky
I've gone over that bridge a few times these days & have always found everyone overly nice queuing for the pedestrian traffic to be going their way

Mav11

frash wrote: »

I think you might have been unlucky
I've gone over that bridge a few times these days & have always found everyone overly nice queuing for the pedestrian traffic to be going their way

Absolutely, the point is why close 2 of the bridges and funnel everybody into the one remaining bridge? It is not going to help distancing!

Mav11

Yakov P. Golyadkin wrote: »

Seapoint has been closed, I assume the bridges at Albany Avenue and the Dart station are closed to prevent access.

Seems a bit short sighted as people also use these bridges to access the harbour area.

Yakov P. Golyadkin

True but it's easier to seal the bridges than to erect fencing the length of the sea wall.

Mav11

Yakov P. Golyadkin wrote: »

True but it's easier to seal the bridges than to erect fencing the length of the sea wall.

Probably is the easier of ways, not too sure its the best of ways when everything is taken into account!

Larbre34

If you want to access the west pier, go by the coal quay bridge entrance into the harbour area, plenty of room for everyone.

Mav11

Larbre34 wrote: »

If you want to access the west pier, go by the coal quay bridge entrance into the harbour area, plenty of room for everyone.

That really is not the point!

Awaaf

Mav11 wrote: »

That really is not the point!

There may be an issue social distancing on the path between Seapoint and Salthill. That may be the reason.

s8n

Mav11 wrote: »

Bit of a rant.

Planned to go for a walk out the West pier last week, all within the 5km restriction. Parked the car in Albany Ave to cross at the pedestrian bridge over the tracks. Bridge closed due to covid restrictions. Fair enough, decided to walk down to the Dart station where that bridge was also closed due to covid. Again fair enough, decided to walk down past the Purty Kitchen. Found the pedestrian bridge near the Circle K open.

You would need traffic lights for the number of walkers bunching up and trying to cross here. No social distancing possible. So DLRCC in their wisdom decide to close 2 out of 3 pedestrian bridges due to covid restrictions and channel all pedestrians through the one remaining open bridge.

Am I missing something here, or is there some logic to this??

why not stay at home ??

Mav11

Awaaf wrote: »

There may be an issue social distancing on the path between Seapoint and Salthill. That may be the reason.

You may be correct, but I think that it might be designed to prevent people congregating in Seapoint in the event of good weather. There had to be better ways of achieving this??

Mav11

s8n wrote: »

why not stay at home ??

If you are not capable of keeping up with the discussion, then perhaps you shouldn't even try!!!

Larbre34

Mav11 wrote: »

That really is not the point!

Emmmm, it kinda is.

Mav11

Mav11 wrote: »

Absolutely, the point is why close 2 of the bridges and funnel everybody into the one remaining bridge? It is not going to help distancing!

Larbre34 wrote: »

Emmmm, it kinda is.

Emmmm, its kinda not.

So, which of the big words above would you like explained??? Only too happy to help. Mav

astrofool

I think there's 2 points:

a) Close certain access points to prevent those areas becoming a hot spot of people in good weather
b) For the remaining access points, hope people see sense and DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER if there is too many people in those locations causing crowding

Yes, it's nice to stretch out to the 5km, but the usual applies, if there's crowds, stay away, don't complain about the other idiots crowding and then become an idiot yourself by moving through the crowd, just go home, there will be other days when it's less busy you can go.

Larbre34

Mav11 wrote: »

Emmmm, its kinda not.

So, which of the big words above would you like explained??? Only too happy to help. Mav

Settle down princess.

Larbre34

The owners of Dun Laoghaire shopping centre have, with HSE intent, applied to convert Level 3 of the building into a primary care centre.

The 4,100 sq. m plan involves 1,800 sq.m of consulting and treatment space, an 800 sq.m GP suite and the balance, offices for ancillary and support services.

The potential for increased footfall from staff and service users is fantastic.

Lets hope it doesn't turn out to be too dull drab and dreary eh.... 🙄

Gareth Keenan

Primary care centre with a pen shop and a Peter Marks. The dream is real.

Gaspode

OK folks less of the personal attacks.

Chinasea

When they say HSE, hopefully that does not mean a methadone treatment facility, or another "Homeless" hostel.

Any chance it could be something that the workers (when we get back) could benefit from, or is it more free stuff for the usual non-working benefactors (except of course for the genuine needy).

Larbre34

Primary care means GP services, ancillaries like physio, OTs, community nursing, ante natal, dieticians, bloods, x-ray and other diagnostics, minor injury clinic, dressings suite etc.

I think DL is fairly well covered for methadone, don't you?

s8n

Mav11 wrote: »

If you are not capable of keeping up with the discussion, then perhaps you shouldn't even try!!!

lol. passive aggressive much ?

SimonMaher

Larbre34 wrote: »

Primary care means GP services, ancillaries like physio, OTs, community nursing, ante natal, dieticians, bloods, x-ray and other diagnostics, minor injury clinic, dressings suite etc.

Looks like a pretty impressive facility from the plans published online this week. From what I can see it takes in all of the upper floor and not just the "extension" and Licenced Premises that was in the previous redevelopment plans.

Very good result for Coltard if it all works out and definitely a very welcome development for the area. Would be better still if this permission is granted subject to the completion of the facade works that were planned for Phase 1 and 2 of the 2015 application which would take the hideous 1970s look off the building!

Simon

josip

Are the Clarinda Park Tennis Courts open again to the public?

1 sheep2

Does anyone know about the buildings between the hospital and Bloomfields? They seem to have been vacant for a generation.

dball

were the VHi not the last occupants there, couldnt tell you who owns them

Yakov P. Golyadkin

Yeah, going back in time on Street view the VHI occupied the white part of the building up until 2009 and probably later, they were gone by 2014 though. It seems also that the green end was sold in 2017.