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Cycle route opens between Connolly Station and Five Lamps as part of phased opening
Dublin City Council has started the phased opening of more outbound sections of the cycle path on the Clontarf to City CentreCycle and Bus Priority Project.The project has been delayed twice. Its original finishing date was Q1 2024 it was extended to Q2 2024 last year and then this year extended again to at least late Q3 2024. The majority of the inbound section of the cycle path was finished last year.On social media, Dublin City Council said: As part of the #ActiveTravelNetwork Clontarf to City Centre Scheme 500m of outbound cycle track along Amiens Street and North Strand Road extending from Talbot Street junction to Seville Terrace was opened today, Friday 19th of July. The protected arrangement on the Five Lamps Junction is now open to cyclists travelling in all directions.At Five Lamps, there is what is called a Dublin-style protected junction, and campaigners have raised significant concerns about the operation of such designs. The project includes a full boundary-to-boundary renewal of footpaths and the carriageway, new pedestrian crossings, continuous footpaths at minor side streets and private access points, more continuous bus lanes; extended bus stops which can fit at least two buses with upgraded shelters, new greenery and new water mains on both sides of the roads and streets.An extension of the project from the junction of Talbot Street to the quays is part of the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan, the faith of which is currently unknown while the councils chief executive decides whether to delay the plan or not.New section of the Clontarf to City Centre cycle route outbound. Talbot Street to Seville Terrace@IrishCycle #c2cc https://t.co/qApnGwFfB4 pic.twitter.com/Fe71EwZ5OW Kevin Sheedy (@KevSheedy) July 19, 2024
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