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Driving in Maynooth

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    #32
    SQ2
    Registered Users Posts: 790 ✭✭✭SQ2


    Ah yes... coming from The Roost was the part that took some determination though!


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    #33
    angeldelight
    Registered Users Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    Raminahobbin wrote: »
    Pay parking is coming into effect this year I think- got a quick look at the plans yesterday in work. Here they are for anyone who's curious.

    Any mention of residents in the town - will there be permits issued for those living in Parson St/Pound Lane etc?


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    #34
    SQ2
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    I heard end of March for the pay parking...


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    #35
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I think pay parking done sensibly will help the town but on the other hand I never go to Leixlip because it has pay parking and I find it a bit of a pain if I only need to park for 5 minutes.


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    #36
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    Once they have a free period and don't see it as a money generator it should work out. Are there any plans to upgrade the Motorway junction?


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    #37
    L1011
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    SQ2 wrote: »
    I heard end of March for the pay parking...

    Not a chance, the carpark won't be done by then and then there's the infrastructure (metering, signage, painting) on the rest of the town to be done.


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    #38
    Orion
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    MYOB wrote: »
    Not a chance, the carpark won't be done by then and then there's the infrastructure (metering, signage, painting) on the rest of the town to be done.

    Correct. The council have confirmed that it will not be implemented until the new carpark on Doctor's Lane is ready.


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    #39
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    How many spaces planned in the car park?


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    #40
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    My gripe - the taxis that park across the footpaths at Mantra & O'Neills.

    There is no traffic enforcement in the town whatsoever that I can see - it's a free-for-all.

    As for driving through the priority right of way signs at the chicanes in Parklands .. :(


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    #41
    L1011
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    twinklerunner wrote: »
    As for driving through the priority right of way signs at the chicanes in Parklands .. :(

    Are those not yield on both sides, e.g. no priority?


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    #42
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    MYOB wrote: »
    Are those not yield on both sides, e.g. no priority?

    No, driving out of the estate towards Straffan Road has priority - thicker sized arrow


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    #43
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,847 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    twinklerunner wrote: »
    No, driving out of the estate towards Straffan Road has priority - thicker sized arrow

    Since when? Aerial photography has yield signs both sides. Or have KCC installed contradictory signs and road markings for the hundreth time?


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    #44
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    MYOB wrote: »
    Since when? Aerial photography has yield signs both sides. Or have KCC installed contradictory signs and road markings for the hundreth time?

    There shouldn't be yield signs on both sides. Check the white arrows on the blue signs. There should be signs on the way in saying 'Give way to oncoming traffic'. Otherwise it's the ridiculous and dangerous situation we have now .. even though the arrows do show the correct right of way.


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    #45
    L1011
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    twinklerunner wrote: »
    There shouldn't be yield signs on both sides. Check the white arrows on the blue signs. There should be signs on the way in saying 'Give way to oncoming traffic'. Otherwise it's the ridiculous and dangerous situation we have now .. even though the arrows do show the correct right of way.

    the Google Maps imagery of Maynooth is from this summer and shows yield markings on the road at both sides.

    The Streetview imagery is from 2009 and shows a mix of no signs at all (first chicane) and yield signs with arrows (conflicting) at the other chicanes. KCC brilliance strikes again!


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    #46
    Redsoxfan
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    n0brain3r wrote: »
    Are there any plans to upgrade the Motorway junction?

    There was talk of closing the existing junction and building a new one further west as recently as six months ago, but I've seen nothing since. Is this what you are referring to or had you something else in mind?

    MYOB wrote:
    Not a chance, the carpark won't be done by then and then there's the infrastructure (metering, signage, painting) on the rest of the town to be done.

    Will metres be installed or will it be disc ('scratch card') type pay parking?
    Orion wrote:
    Correct. The council have confirmed that it will not be implemented until the new carpark on Doctor's Lane is ready.

    Where exactly will this be?


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    #47
    L1011
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    It'll be pay/display meters. Off doctors lane.


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    #48
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    There was talk of closing the existing junction and building a new one further west as recently as six months ago, but I've seen nothing since. Is this what you are referring to or had you something else in mind?

    Yeah that's it tailbacks regularly go out the Straffan road as far as the substation in the mornings and in the evenings after the lights coming out of Maynooth at Lidl I've seen at least 2 rear enders recently as traffic further up stops to allow traffic turn right onto the motorway or turn right from the slip heading towards roundabout / business park.


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    #49
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,326 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    brokenarms wrote: »
    No road marking for straight on. At least not as I can remember.

    The road markings in the lanes indicate 'left turn only' and 'right turn only' - not really helpful....


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    #50
    brokenarms
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭brokenarms


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    The road markings in the lanes indicate 'left turn only' and 'right turn only' - not really helpful....

    Yeah . I don't go through Maynooth to many times. Looking at the layout I can make complete sense from MYOB method as the whole junction should be free of traffic.

    The problem is, You would have to read it hear or be a local. In morning rush hour to a passing car following a sat nav, It seams like a complete mess.

    Which it is by the way.
    I always avoid Maynooth simple because of the traffic. Great wee town but 200 cars has it in grid lock .


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    #51
    sawdoubters
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    the car turning left in front broke the law he had not got the green arrow,the other car that crossed over the yellow box on red
    the car that crossed over in front of you,i did see one fault of yours,you did not slow down or give right of way to pedestrians in the road even if they should not have been there

    what camera did you have I have to get myself one


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    #52
    Nino Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭Nino Brown


    sawdoubters wrote: »
    you did not slow down or give right of way to pedestrians in the road even if they should not have been there

    I'm not sure what you mean, he was back on the path before I passed him, I can't give any more right of way than way.
    sawdoubters wrote: »
    what camera did you have I have to get myself one
    I got the Lukas LK7900


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    #53
    brokenarms
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭brokenarms


    sawdoubters wrote: »
    the car turning left in front broke the law he had not got the green arrow,the other car that crossed over the yellow box on red
    the car that crossed over in front of you,i did see one fault of yours,you did not slow down or give right of way to pedestrians in the road even if they should not have been there

    what camera did you have I have to get myself one

    Best place to look is here.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056815237


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    #54
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Agh I hate people that pull in on the corner before the Zebra crossing to let people out of their cars,seriously I am stuck on a corner at a 4 way junction.


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    #55
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,326 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Looks like one local representative has been reading this thread :)

    In short:
    • The road markings at the junction of Straffan Road and Main Street will be amended so that the right lane indicates straight on as well. We'll see if this makes any difference!
    • It will be late 2014 before pay parking is introduced by the sounds of it
    • There has been a call for greater enforcement of rules and regulations with regard to parking and driving in general - we'll see what happens


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