Bilberry - Embarrassing Road for Greenway Tourism

They are taking an awful long time to upgrade the corners at the bridge/Quay/Bridge st. junction. I thought all that work was supposed to take place at night too? It's a dangerous mess at the moment for pedestrians and I'm not optimistic about the finished layout for road traffic with the widened footpaths at an extremely busy and critical junction. But, hey, a few bike tourists will have an enhanced experience.

The junction is one of the busiest in the city so it’s going to have an impact if they are reducing the width of the lanes. This project seems to be taking forever in fairness.

A little over 18 months since it started if my memory serves me correctly. Started around November 2021……not sure what th original time frame was but I remember hearing 16/18 months so to say it’s taking forever is just being a contrary w@nker.

without having information on such items as the original budget, tender cost, original anticipated duration and final cost and duration it’s not possible to have a proper opinion/rant about the project as a whole

One would presume when the new bridge is finished

The only problem with it is people will use Mary street to turn right instead creating a backlog of cars there

Still not finished and progress seems to have slowed to a snails pace. Are there not penalty clauses for late completion with these type of infrastructural contracts? Like with the Children's Hospital......a forget it.

The official opening is next week just in time for the bank holiday weekend..

Please be advised that ahead of official opening of the Bilberry to City Centre Greenway link next week, Craddock Construction will be undertaking night works on the following nights:

• Friday May 26th
• Wednesday May 31st

The works are required to finish the new tarmacadam and line marking on the junction (Friday night) and to install detectors for the new traffic lights (Wednesday night) and will be the final invasive nightworks with large machinery required on the junction.

During the day next week a traffic management / taper plan will be in place (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) in the middle of the day at approximately 11.30am to avoid peak traffic flows. This will remain in place for approximately 2 hours and is required to pour concrete for the new pathways coming over the bridge and along the river. Given the short duration of the works and off peak hours it is expected that delays will not be as extensive as those experienced this week, however, some delays are expected, so please allow extra time for your journey

Whilst there will still be some outstanding paving works on the paths around the junction over the coming weeks, these can be completed without impacting on traffic flows

Pedestrian management will be in place for these works and pedestrians should expect amended layouts from time to time and should abide by the temporary pedestrian management provisions.

Opening next week according to the council

https://waterfordcouncilnews.com/

Can you post a few pictures of what you are referring to……?

Still not 100% done for sure.

How can the Council have an official opening ceremony when the work by the bridge is clearly not finished with diggers still on site, orange covers still on new lights, warning signs still on all approach roads??? The footpath where you turn left off the bridge onto the Quay has turned into the Sagrada Familia of Council roadworks!

At least a pigs ear is useful, that junction, not so much.

Junction has not changed much to be honest. At least it got resurfaced and new markings.

It is, they've widened the footpaths to accommodate bikes by reducing the width of the road surface; predicted result: lots of collisions of unwitting drivers swinging right off the Quay onto the bridge colliding with HGV's or vice- versa.

What they should have done was re-engineer the bridge by widening the path out over the river. They did it on the Grattan Quay section with the cantilevered greenway bits - why not do the same at the most critical traffic junction in the city rather than shrink the road space risking collisions?? Green anti-road/anti-car agenda anyone?

I’ve been through it several times and if people can’t get through it, maybe they should hand in their licence until they learn to drive.

People will just have to pay attention to their driving and steer their car.

"Green anti-road/anti-car agenda" 🤣🤣 Get a life you absolute melon and don't be believing everything you read on Facebook

There is an anti car mentality within the council for sure. The junction is not that bad. The main problem is the The Quays it’s an absolute mess. Traffic is crawling along daily.

Yep, imagine that. Having to take responsibility for your driving in urban areas. All the things!