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

Recently there's been more posts about Griffith Avenue than about North Strand Road / Fairview.

Has there been any update given about completion dates? It seems that with much of one side of the route incomplete, and barely any of the other side started, that a completion date of December 2023 is unrealistic.

I’m guessing that each junction was built according to DCCs requirements at the time. The older ones didn’t need traffic lights but some policy has changed since then. Maybe it’s an attempt to ensure blind people can cross safely, combined with DCCs long-standing dislike of zebra crossings. Older junctions will stay the way they are because no policy is going to be retroactive, the cost implications of that would be insane.

Would have been great if we could have had the clongriffin cbc works ramping up as this was winding down. Unfortunately that wasn't to be. 14 months and no oral hearing date for the first cbc.

Walked past yesterday morning

The left turn filter lane is cone'd off for some reason. (You can still turn left though)

The Bus lane blocker thing is still in place.

This was around 7:30am, not many cars. Place is being avoided like the plague it would seem.

What I would say about the works in Fairview is that the first part looks very slow (i.e. the initial digging and services work), but when it comes to laying down the paving and resurfacing, that part of it goes very quickly. The inbound side is the much bigger part of the job as it involves replacing the main water mains for the North East of the city.

They are upgrading all the services along the outbound side too. When they have that digging done and everything underground sorted, they can proceed to the surface level, which is a faster part of the works.

Another thing to remember is the mess that is at Fairview by the shops is happening in two strands. The current is a strip along the road side. They will then flip and work on the section / strip right outside the premises, which will be even more inconvenient. At the moment, walking along Fairview shops has a real feel of being "penned in". Also the glorious DCC seem to have given up cleaning along there since the previous guy retired, so it really is "a kip" right now. But as the saying goes, no pain, no gain.

DCC gave up around there long ago. It started when they removed most of the bins in the area and has gone downhill since.

The pedestrian section from the fire station to the 5 lamps is an absolute disgrace as well. I've seen people struggling with buggies along there, God love anyone in a wheelchair.

I am aware that the site compound used to store materials for the North Strand Works was due to be vacated by December 2023. Its located on Alfie Byrne Road. A request has been made by the contractor to extend the use of this site until the end of Q1 2024.

The inbound side of North Strand looks near completion. You can see the spot where the bus stop used to be! Those 3x car parking spaces will be a real asset for the people of North Strand!