Clontarf to City Centre Cycle & Bus Priority Project discussion (renamed)

I follow all rules of road when driving a car, I don't when on a bike, and never will. That's just the way it is, and it's not harming anyone. Cars are extremely dangerous which is why I don't speed or use my phone when driving or park illegally. It's not that hard to understand, and the police don't care as long as you're not being dangerous, so just accept it.

Very simple example in Europe, whether you are in a car or a bike it is perfectly legal to turn right (left equivalent in Ireland) and drive STRAIGHT THROUGH a green pedestrian light AS LONG as you don't hit a pedestrian.

In Ireland if a cyclist does this they are branded law breaking thugs.

Some of the rules of the road here are not logically and it is simply not fair to apply them equally to "combustion motorised" vehicles and "manually operated pedal" bicycles.

Passed through Fairview today and work seems to be progressing well. Kerbstones in and being pointed. Hope it won't be too much longer until that section is open.

The usual gate into Fairview park is closed off now, so you can't really access when coming from Howth Rd, or Malahide Rd. There's an entrance close to westwood, but hard to traverse traffic to get to it, unless coming from the coast already.

No, it's closed at that point as they are working on the path, which is why they have the opening the earlier point, closer to Westwood.

I'll take a photo later to show you what it's like.

The balls-up that definitely would have a stop put to it by September seems to be going well, and hasn't shut the entire city down.

Does anyone know when the route going into the city will be finished by?

2024 is the only date we have. I don't think we'll get commitment though. As far as utilities jobs go this is one of the most complex and extensive the state has ever seen, certainly within an urban area, its a wonder that it doesn't get more media attention, everyone focused on the cycle lane, which, in engineering terms is a minor part of this project. For comparison, Its like they built the luas and ppl only wanna talk about the seat covers.

What makes it one of the most complex and extensive? Is it wastewater pipes they're replacing or what's going down there?

In addition to what other posters have said about the number of utilities being upgraded, the coordination between utility providers is on a scale not yet seen in this country. Also the length of service replacement is staggering, kms of new services in urban areas rarely happens.

The bit I love is when they dig up the newly laid road and leave it in ribbons for a year until they lay down a proper replacement, just like they did on Griffith avenue

It's not at that stage just yet.

Yeah, they've been closing it off at weekends to do it. That's the second time they've relaid it since the original works were completed. They left it in an awful state until the resurfacing over the last couple of weeks.