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LUAS Cross City Brendan O’Brien Roads & Traffic Department. Issues. Six Major Car parks Affected by the LUAS Construction and Operation. Parnell Street Reduced from Four Lanes to Two. Access Arrangement for Ilac needs to be in place. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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LUAS Cross City Brendan O’Brien Roads & Traffic Department
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Issues • Six Major Car parks Affected by the LUAS Construction and Operation. •Parnell Street Reduced from Four Lanes to Two.• Access Arrangement for Ilac needs to be in place.•New Egress arrangements from Jervis Street Car Parks and Imax Car parks needs to planned. •These Car Parks provide over 3,000 Car Spaces for Shoppers.
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Removal of Lane to accommodate Luas Stop
Shared running around Trinity College :- Operational issues
College Green
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•Highest capacity Public Transport link in the
Country
•400 Buses an Hour Peak
•High numbers of Cyclists and Taxis
•Very Busy at night time especially Weekends
•Removal of one Lane during Construction.
• Outside Bus Corridor Hours 2000 vehs Hour
• Possible extension of Bus Corridor Hours
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•Two Way LUAS Operation with one shared lane past the Provost House.
•In Operation Public Transport only
Lr Grafton Street
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For Periods of Construction this is one way from Grafton Street to Dawson Street Only.
Nassau Street Dawson Street
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During Construction number of Lanes reduced need to protect Buses.
High Volume of Vehicles on Dawson Street going to Merrion Row or Westland Row.
Dawson Street
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Kildare Street Stephens Green
Introduce Two way running on Kildare Street.
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Kildare Street
Westland Row
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Stephens Green
North West Corner.
Luas construction and operation will reduce lane capacity in half.
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LUAS Cross City
• Roads & Traffic Department will bring forward Traffic
Proposals as outlined over the next number of Months.
•It is intended to put in place Traffic arrangements which
will work both in the Construction and Operational Phases
of Luas Cross City.
•Access to car parks, provision for Public Transport and
Cyclists will be a key priority.
Protect the retail and commercial activities along the route.