new luas extension

dmeehan

Does anyone have a map of the planned Luas extension to the Point Depot

a_ominous

Have you tried the
Luas website ?

dmeehan

did you look at the page that links to
the map only goes as far as connolly

obviously the luas website would be the first place to look, i did, and they didnt have it

a_ominous

Me bad Saw article about the extension in the paper at lunchtime. At a cost of 60 mill! I shouldn't have expected the web site to having anything useful on it

WTF is this dang thing going to do to help people? There's been roads/streets closed off for 2 years near me. And it's going to cross the Red Cow roundabout at street level. This is supposedly the busiest roundabout in the country and they've designed things to get worse. Muppets. </rant>

GerardKeating

The following test is on the Luas web site, but no maps......

gerard



The options for the extension to the Point Depot are:

Route Option A would involve double track extending from the terminal stop at Connolly Station, across the junction of Harbourmaster Place and Mayor Street, along Mayor Street and over the Royal Canal by means of a new bridge before continuing towards a terminus in the vicinity of the Point Depot

Route Option B would involve double track extending from the Busáras stop and turning north to run along Harbourmaster Place, east of the Connolly Station Stop towards the IFSC entrance to Connolly Station. A section of single track would extend from here through the laneway beside Connolly Station and into Sheriff Street and continue eastwards before turning south to run along Commons Street and then east to run along Mayor Street, crossing the Royal Canal on a new bridge and continuing to the Point Depot.

Route Option C would involve a single line loop along Harbourmaster Place, the laneway along the east side of Connolly Station, Sheriff Street, Commons Street, and Mayor Street with connections to the section of track between the Busáras and Connolly Station stops, at the western end, and to the proposed double track section east of Commons Street and continuing eastward, crossing the Royal Canal over a new bridge and terminating in the vicinity of the Point Depot.

It is anticipated that following the consultative phase the RPA will select the preferred route option by mid- 2003.
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dmeehan

Originally posted by a_ominous
Me bad Saw article about the extension in the paper at lunchtime. At a cost of 60 mill! I shouldn't have expected the web site to having anything useful on it

WTF is this dang thing going to do to help people? There's been roads/streets closed off for 2 years near me. And it's going to cross the Red Cow roundabout at street level. This is supposedly the busiest roundabout in the country and they've designed things to get worse. Muppets. </rant>

exactly
seeing as they have to build a bridge anyway across the M50, why stop there, it should have at least gone over the roundabout too. Or failing that put the tracks a few metres down from the roundabout.

such idiots