This morning.
Sandymount, Dublin 4.
Via RTÉ:
The Sandymount cycleway is now due to begin a trial on 15 January after an alternative plan put forward by residents was rejected by the National Transport Authority.
The trial proposed by Dublin City Council will involve a dedicated two-way cycleway on the road with general traffic confined to one lane outbound from the city centre.
Local residents concerned about traffic heading to the East Link Bridge being diverted through residential streets had proposed using the seaside footpath as the cycleway and cyclists would merge with traffic at bus stops.
However a briefing for councillors heard that the National Transport Authority had rejected the plan as the footpath is not wide enough.
It also stated that the proposal for cyclists to merge with traffic at bus stops by going around buses would pose a safety risk and force traffic to stop.
DCC to consider alternative proposal to Sandymount cycleway (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
We looked at the alternatives offered by objectors to the Sandymount trial and Cllr @LaceyDermot told us he wanted professionals to do an evaluation and called us liars for outlining facts. NTA have said the alternatives are not viable and unsafe. This is a bad faith response: https://t.co/n0JQgceT8l
— IrishCycle.com (@IrishCycle) November 6, 2020
Never gonna be built, even trialled. Sandymount residents tried to meet DCC half way, but no good faith. Nobody has offered an explanation as to where the East Link and south Port traffic are going to go? The solution for a cycleway? Oh I couldn’t even imagine…🙄 pic.twitter.com/bnt3e0l5cH
— Rochey77 (@Rochey77) November 6, 2020
Fight!
Save Poolbeg.
Sandymount resident here. Like many others in the area, I was completely ignored by the local “community” group when I voiced support for this trial mobility route. This is all about maintaining on street car parking.
Interesting. Who’s leading the community group Jenny?
I’m not sure Andrew, its all very cloak and dagger. No doubt some locals with money and connections (see irish times letters to the editor the last 4 weeks!). I’ve had 3 scaremongering flyers into the mailbox with instructions on how to contact local political reps. I had no response from those either when I contacted them stating my support for the trial. Plenty of locals in support….
The consultation showed majority support for a trial. A minority raised concerns. The trial will establish if those concerns were well founded or not.
And that seems entirely reasonable. Almost as if that’s how the system is meant to work.
So is the road 1 way only (southbound)? So I take it the northbound traffic goes through Ballsbridge?
they’ve changed sequencing of the lights on shelbourne rd/lansdowne and grand canal/bath (Slatterys junction) recently.
I cant help but think the city bound south traffic missing the merrion gates is due to come over ballsbridge and head that way and down bath ave if headed for toll bridge.
Thats insane btw. And I’m not resident there
There’s a hell of a lot of south to north traffic (and vice versa) that should be using the M50 but instead try to run through the city in search of quicker routes, essentially a giant rat run. It should be made as difficult as possible for these journeys to be viable and force them back on to the M50 where they belong.
Maybe the cyclist lobby groups could push for the toll to be removed on the West link? That bridge that we have paid for many times over and that is now in state ownership and yet they still charge.