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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has begun planning for a new pedestrian and cycle-only bridge across the River Liffey.
In a statement to TheJournal.ie, the council said the proposed Blood Stoney Bridge will provide a new crossing point from New Wapping Street to Blood Stoney Road in the Dublin Dockland Area and will be a pedestrian and cycling-only facility.
The bridge will have a full segregated cycleway with footpaths on either side and will tie in with the proposed Liffey cycle route, according to the council. The bridge will act as an opening bridge to allow river traffic to pass through when required.
“The Dublin Dockland Area has been designated a Strategic Development Zone and is going through a period of significant investment. This includes major improvements to infrastructure and the creation of new business and residential zones within the historically industrial docklands,” the council said.
“There is clear requirement for new pedestrian and cyclist facilities to not only meet current needs but also provide for the future infrastructure requirements in the area as other strategic developments are completed.”
Planning stage
Dublin City Council said the bridge is “currently at the preliminary design stage”.
Construction work is due to commence on the bridge in winter 2019.
In a tendering document online, Dublin City Council has said it is currently seeking a contractor to carry out a ground investigation contract for the bridge.
The investigation works will involve excavations, geophysical surveys, associated temporary traffic management, laboratory testing and the production of a factual ground investigation and contamination assessment report.
The investigation is required to inform the future development of the bridge, the council said.
“Blood Stoney Bridge is envisaged as being a continuation of the Campshire environment for cyclists and pedestrians. The engineering elements of the bridge will be incorporated with an architectural sensitivity to provide a continuity of character for people to experience along the Campshires that celebrates Dublin’s engineering heritage,” Dublin City Council said.
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Better off spending their money policing what they already have . Saw guy 2.30 in afternoon last week urinating in middle of boardwalk beside O Connell bridge as tourists and children walking by. Drug and alcohol abuse rife in heart of city. Spend the money on cleaning the place up.
@DB: I think you’ll find that building a bridge to connect the two largest growing commercial centres in Dublin, and policing drug abuse/public disorder matters, are NOT the same thing…
@Jodi: thank you for that. As a taxpayer who is partly paying for this I’m simply pointing out I would rather clean up the city first then spend more money on infrastructures. Your point would be relevant if the commercial institutions were paying for this they are not we are and at the moment the city needs in my opinion more security then new bridges. But each to their own.
@DB:
Mate, the amount of tax you put in wouldn’t pay for either of those things. What you’d prefer is rather irrelevant to what is going to happen.
@DB: But I want MY taxes spent on the bridge… So…
@DB: Have you heard the word of budgets…
@DB: A significant part of DCCs budget comes from companies paying rates. A tiny part comes from local property tax. The rest comes from government who make a big part of their taxtake from corporate tax.
The first 19 lines in this article say the same thing over n over .
@Eugene Walsh: and New Wrapping Street is wrong.
@David Dickson: wats wong
@Eugene Walsh: no they don’t
the rickshaws will make good use of this
Cant see anything in the picture blinded by all the skyscrapers
@Jim: I think you’re looking at a pic of Canary Wharf instead? ;)
@Jim: The dock lands is turning into Dubai or manhattan. Stop this craziness. City center should be three bed semis only. We are loosing the run of ourselves
I’m not surprised the Government are investing more money into Dublin, They always seem to forget about the rest of the country?……….
This money could be invested into employing more SNAs in rural areas, buying more technological equipment to aid children who need these to learn in class or it could be spent on trying to repair the hearing and lives of the children and family who suffered at the hands of the HSE. Not on Dublin and their bloody bicycle problems. The rest of the country is dying of death and it’s the Government’s fault for not spreading and spending their money efficiently and effectively to benefit all parties.
@Dearbhla Jones: It might seem that way but in terms of per capita investment the State spends roughly eight times more providing essential services to rural dwellers than to those living in large cities and numerous studies in this area have shown this. Additionally, since Dublin is the engine of the Irish economy and Dublin citizens pay significantly more in property tax for similarly sized dwellings then any development that benefits Dublin can also be said to indirectly benefit the country as a whole and helps to subsidize our rural dwelling brethren.
@Dearbhla Jones: Why should Dublin City Council pay for a load of stuff in the country? You get this is a local government decision, right?
@Sean: this should be an automated response to every “all ye in Dublin get it all and we gets nattin out here” comment
@Dearbhla Jones: This is Dublin City Council money. The house tax money, the money that central government get and give back out. Dublin does not receive the amount it pays in ayig for other less populated counties. In other words, we can spend OUR money where we want. If people dont want to live in parts of the country that is not Dublin’s fault nor governments
It’s for the central bank staff surely. Though I’d be happy to see a bridge there.
At this rate it be easier to fully cover in the river and then there be plenty of space for cyclists, bus corridors or whatever else.
Always thought that that auld drain running through the city could be usefully covered over!
I’m more interested in hearing what ‘Campshires’ are, and why is a street called ‘Blood Stoney’?
@Fiona Fitzgerald: Blood Stoney was an engineer, he designed most of the quays
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindon_Blood_Stoney
The council are not responsible for policing.
dumping cyclists into the middle of pedestrians does not work here or in the UK. This is a known fact.
Finally, great idea!!!
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