Dun Laoghaire Traffic & Commuting Chat

What is the craic with wyattville road? Putting in two cycle lanes for what seems to feel like it's going on a year.

Drive past it everyday. You'll either see 1 lad with a shovel or nobody.

Some fool also thought it was a great idea to remove to slip roads going into Ballybrack from cherry wood way and the other from Tesco way up towards church road.

Traffic backed up Churchview road right up to Rochestown avenue.

Church road always backed up to the graduate.

It's a couple hundred metres of cycle lane. I know there's some logistics to it but Christ.

Joke

there’s road works. You can complain about the slip roads being gone till the roadworks are gone. And you can see what affect it’s had.

also I saw lots of water pipes seems to be water works under a cycle lane budget

What proportion of the budget do you reckon relates to the cycle lane?

The Council are doing a pre-design survey on a number of proposals for street closures, pedestrianisations and what not, in and around DL

So whether you believe or don't believe in the hames they are making of things around the town, now is yet another opportunity to articulate it.....

Deansgrange is a mess, but the Cemetary is already able to be cycled through, this would just have made it easier.

Waiting for them to get rid of the right turn to Clonkeen Road that is currently making the bus lane a disaster.

They're idiots.

Of course everyone's a winner, plus we have the bonus of roadworks for months to accommodate this work!

Between the associated roadworks, the width of the road and the volume of traffic, its going to get very congested.

There's a few things that would help there, but they seem to have gone with the option that makes life worst for everyone (cars, buses, cyclists).

No, its not true.

The Council have suggested that that is what they wish to do, but it hasn't been decided yet and another round of public consultation on the matter was due to take place, but hasn't so far.

I can tell you there is strong local resistance to the idea, particularly from some businesses and from the community older age and disability sector, as accessibility will be a very major concern especially in relation to the loss of bus service access to the heart of the town.

It should really be the council for making the situation exist in the first place.

Reality is that it would be the person moving into the lane when unsafe to do so, I've tried both approaches, but the whole thing is annoying as we've family who use the bus which can't effectively use the bus lane, it either needs bollards put in place to properly segregate and/or get rid of the right turn and lane.

most People will allow cars to merge. 1 at a time.

Thats for absolute sure.

Also known as the zip-merge, but that description too would blow the minds of many an Irish motorist who got their licence in a Christmas Cracker.

Yes

Very long overdue, dangerous for bikes and cars alike at the moment.

Passed that way earlier on, being Saturday it was closed, but a lad outside said it was business as usual with them!!

Does anyone know when the works are planned to finish on Wyattville road?

Seems like they have been at it for well over a year now and its a big carpark all day as a result. Appreciate it will be better when done with cycle lanes etc however why is it taking sooooooooooooooo long to complete is beyond me.

They did a great job by removing the filter lane on chuchview road and adding a load of grass 🤷

You have schools, tesco, the football, gaa and rugby clubs, so a busy enough road.

Traffic backed up from the lights to Johnstown School at certain times on a daily basis.

To be fair, the Council have said straight out that this is their plan.

But I wouldn't worry, local opposition to the idea of planting lower George's Street with wildflowers is so vociferous and so widespread, it won't come to that.

Given that Torquay Road is closed to through traffic from 08.00 to 18.00 every weekday for two months would it be asking too much for traffic travelling towards Whites Cross on Leopardstown Road to be given more green light time...................oh wait, that probably IS asking too much!

I see that the owners of Stillorgan shopping centre intend to introduce paid parking. It seems to be the trend at the moment. If approved, it’ll be interesting to see what the charge will be and if there will be any grace period.

We’d often walk up there at the weekend, but depending on the fee it would definitely result in reduced spontaneous drive by drop ins. It will likely impact on business in the entire area initially as I imagine a lot of people use the centre for parking. At least the plaza has a free option.

The Stillorgan decor car park and surrounding roads will also see an uptick in parked cars so paid parking is likely to radiate outwards.

Only surpassed by the idiots driving on the wrong side of the road from a long way back to blindly take a left around the queueing traffic onto St. Brigid's Church Road, before the lights. I can't say how many times I've nearly been wiped out on a bike due to this. One time I actually followed a driver all the way to Stillorgan Shopping Centre to give him an ear-bashing - he hadn't even noticed the near miss.

Question for ye.

I'm only recently driving, and have to go out and meet someone in Dun Laoghaire today. I'll be approaching Dun Laoghaire from the York Road end. Where is the best place to park? I see there's a carpark at the West Pier, which would be perfect, but is it always full? My mum has suggested parking along York Road but I'm sure that's all residents parking, right? I know easy parking and Dun Laoghaire don't really go together but I thought a local might be able to help!

Fab, that's where I'll go so.

For the avoidance of doubt, there is no such thing as 'residents only parking' on public roads where parking controls are implemented by the Council.

York Road, since it was mentioned, can be parked on by anyone, subject to using pay and display or park by text.