The long-awaited Dublin City Centre Transport Plan will start to become a reality this Sunday with the rollout of bus gates at OConnell Bridge stopping through traffic on the quays.Bus gates are often not physical barriers but a series of restrictions on which way motorists can move, for example, at College Green. In this case, the bus gates will be made up of restrictions on driving straight ahead.From Sunday, motorists will no longer be able to drive straight from Bachelors Walk to Eden Quay or from Burgh Quay to Aston Quay. The existing ban on motorists turning from the north quays into OConnell Bridge southbound will also remain in place. If motorists are driving through the area, diverting earlier or using other means of transport is highly recommended.Motorists seeking local access via Bachelors Walk must turn left onto OConnell Street. While those on Burgh Quay will have the choice of turning left into DOlier Street or right onto OConnell Bridge.The bus priority measures are planned for the busiest areas for buses in the city, and where private cars carry only around 2% of the people in the area. Dublin City Council said that traffic surveys found that 60% of the car traffic is through traffic that does not stop in the core city centre.(article continues below) As this website reported earlier this month, the bus gates on Dublin quays are set to start with minimal changes to the road layouts besides telling motorists to divert. Some moves to delay the plan were made, mainly by businesses linked to car parks. However, the leaders of political groupings on the council, representing a large majority of Dublin City councillors, expressed the view that the transport plan should go ahead; this followed a majority of councillors twice blocking attempts to delay the plan.The plan also gained 80% public support at its public consultation stage, which was comprehensively covered in the media across online, in print, and on-air formats.In a press release issued by Dublin City Council this afternoon, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr James Geoghegan, said: From Sunday, general traffic will not be able to go straight from Bachelors Walk towards Eden Quay on the north quays between 7am and 7pm. Similarly, on the south quays private motor vehicles wont be able to go straight from Burgh Quay towards Aston Quay.The council said that a working group chaired by the Lord Mayor of Dublin is being put together to monitor the impact of the changes included in the transport plan and the first meeting of that group will take place in September.The council said that it has contacted navigation providers such as Google Maps to ensure that the changes are in their systems by Sunday.Cllr Geoghegan said: Whats really important at the beginning of these changes is for people to plan their journeys. Traffic and transport officials in Dublin City Council have been in touch with Sat Nav providers and Google Maps to ensure that they are up to date and ready to go for the start of the plan on Sunday.He added: We will have people on the ground from the beginning of these changes on Sunday monitoring the impact of the changes and responding where necessary There are no changes to disabled bays, loading bays or taxi ranks. The vast majority of routes to hospitals will remain the same, as will the majority of routes to city centre car parks. Access for residents will be maintained although there may be a different route to or from the area.The council said that live traffic updates will be available between 7- 10am and 4 7pm on 103.2fm.