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Snow and frozen temperatures on the way - as if we had enough traffic chaos already!

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  • #202
    Phil.x
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    Sick of it already.


  • #203
    thomasj
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    No DART services south of Lansdowne road ATM due to flooding.


  • #204
    Hilly Bill
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    Preventative measures should have been put in place years ago to prevent disruptions.


  • #205
    jamo2oo9
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    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Preventative measures should have been put in place years ago to prevent disruptions.

    And if we put those preventative measures in place years ago, you’d be the first to cry that the government is wasting tax payers money on something that is used so rarely.


  • #206
    Hilly Bill
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    jamo2oo9 wrote: »
    And if we put those preventative measures in place years ago, you’d be the first to cry that the government is wasting tax payers money on something that is used so rarely.

    You clearly don't know me.


  • #207
    traveller0101
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    Useless complaining after the fact


  • #208
    markpb
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    traveller0101 wrote: »
    Useless complaining after the fact

    Will there never be flooding along the coast again?


  • #209
    thomasj
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    Hilly Bill wrote:
    You clearly don't know me.

    I thought your avatar might be a giveaway......


  • #210
    Hilly Bill
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    traveller0101 wrote: »
    Useless complaining after the fact

    You can't complain about something before it happened.


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  • #211
    tabbey
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    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Preventative measures should have been put in place years ago to prevent disruptions.

    The rail line between Merrion and Salthill was raised by a half metre during the electrification project in the early 1980s.

    Flooding was a frequent occurrence before that, but very rare since then.

    It is only this winter that we have had two episodes due to strong easterly and northeasterly winds.


  • #212
    thomasj
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    tabbey wrote:
    It is only this winter that we have had two episodes due to strong easterly and northeasterly winds.

    Theres been frequent flooding near dun laoghaire in the recent past. Add to that when I worked in blackrock a few years ago id constantly see waves crashing over the walls


  • #213
    tabbey
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    thomasj wrote: »
    when I worked in blackrock a few years ago id constantly see waves crashing over the walls

    But your service continued to operate.This was not the case before the rail level was raised.

    Perhaps it may be desirable to plan for a further raising of track to prepare for climate change, but such work would cause more disruption than occasional brief episodes of flooding.


  • #214
    Stephen15
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    What about the idea of building a 10m high seawall between the line and the footpath. It would be cheaper and cause less disruption than raising the line. It wouldn't block out the view of the sea for walkers or cyclists only for passengers, I think it would be a price worth paying to prevent disruption.


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