Leixlip Cycle Pathway Canal

buffalo · 17-08-2023 7:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120990844#Comment_120990844

Big unofficial gap in the fences either end still. Dispute still ongoing with no details given by either side still.

buffalo · 20-08-2023 4:23pm

Presumably the recent storm is responsible, but the Louisa Bridge end fence has collapsed.

getoutadodge · 22-08-2023 10:09pm

I got out at Lousia Bridge yesterday. Seems like the section west towards Maynooth is as before. I cycled back to the city. The section to Leixslip Confey is complete and accessible. Very nice too. Needs some planting to finish off though at the pathway side adjacent to fields. Lighting and seating and lock stations along the way. Abrupt stop at Confey Bridge with no throughpoint i.e. under the bridge. No further works evident beyond that all the way to the Deep Sinking where the nimbys live. At this rate it will be years before there is a Maynooth to Docklands clear run.

buffalo · 09-10-2023 1:42pm

There's two picnic tables and two benches added to the Louisa Bridge end now, and one single solitary bench at around the halfway point. Also a bike repair station at the LB end, which is a great facility. I didn't look too closely, but I assume, pump, allen keys, spanners, etc. All chained to a big metal post.

Seth Brundle · 09-10-2023 3:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121213757#Comment_121213757

I walked along the canal this morning. One think I noticed absent were bins. My dog took a dump shortly after joining the path at Confey and I had to carry it until we got to LB station. I know that a lot of people won't carry their rubbish that far unfortunately.

I was looking at the tools this morning. The allen keys aren't there (robbed?). This photo was taken by @devonp recently...

buffalo · 09-10-2023 7:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121214231#Comment_121214231

I didn't look too closely, so couldn't tell you if there were actually allen keys there on Sunday. It didn't look as tangled as that, ffs.

Seth Brundle · 09-10-2023 10:35pm

When I saw it this morning, it wasn't all tangled up.

blackvalley · 10-10-2023 12:01am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121216295#Comment_121216295

What is it with some people who seem congenitally programmed to destroy stuff. 🤔

Polar101 · 10-10-2023 6:16am

Do the lights on the 'new' section between Confey and Louisa Bridge stations work yet?

Noticed they weren't on at around 7pm, but it wasn't very dark yet - I was thinking they might turn on later in the evening.

buffalo · 10-10-2023 7:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121216809#Comment_121216809

Well they weren't on at 7am this morning, and it was pitch black out then. From my experience with KCC and pedestrian lights, it can take a few month between infrastructure and ESB connection.

tnegun · 10-10-2023 9:37pm

The council's track record isn't great in that regard!

buffalo · 02-11-2023 8:33pm

Liffey Champ has council meeting report that there is "no timescale" for ESB to connect up the lights.

buffalo · 11-12-2023 8:54pm

Seems like half the lights - the LB half - are now connected.

Polar101 · 22-07-2024 10:09pm

The Maynooth to Leixlip part has been under construction for a few weeks now. A sign claims the works will take approximately 22 weeks, that's from mid-June so the planned completion date is somewhere around mid-November. Not getting my hopes up for that date.

buffalo · 23-07-2024 9:23am

https://www.kfmradio.com/news/localnews/construction-works-on-the-royal-canal-greenway-from-maynooth-to-leixlip-continue-this-week/

I'm glad at least they seem to be doing different parts in parallel.

Zebra3 · 23-07-2024 12:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122413985#Comment_122413985

If it takes 30 weeks, I’ll survive.

Great to know it should be all finally done by the time the weather starts improving next spring.

Gotfoodforphil · 13-08-2024 1:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121014163#Comment_121014163

I followed up recently with Fingal CC on the Royal Canal Urban Greenway and they said they've had to re-do their internal plans, this was the response:

"As the project is currently at pre-planning stage there is a requirement to ensure the project preliminary design complies with the new cycling manual which was recently published. Therefore, this has resulted in the need to revise the preliminary design drawing for the project. These changes in the preliminary design requires the need to hold additional meetings with all the relevant key stakeholders to agree the revised design. These meetings will continue over the coming monthly to ensure a coordinated, high quality final design which compiles with the new cycling manual is achieved at interfaces between existing facilities and the proposed scheme.

Following completion of the preliminary design, all the required documents including the Environmental Impact Assessment Report will be prepared for a planning application to An Bord Pleanála."

So probably be waiting a good while yet for any progress from Leixlip into the city.

Edit: the updated manual was published a year ago this month it seems…

Leixlip Cycle Pathway Canal

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