Re: Re: college green/ o’connell street plaza and pedestrians

How disappointing to see the works on College Green doing nothing to change the status quo on this poorly used public space. The infamous view of the Green from Grafton Street will still contain all that collection of street tat after the paving is relaid as it did before (very important phone boxes there).
No new street lighting proposed – even though the streetlighting around here is among the ugliest in the city. Why not some of the large floodlights from O’Connell Street plaza?
Assorted poles and signage and phone boxes and telecom cabinets all stay in place…in fact even more poles will be required because as we all know any pedestrian crossing has to consist of about 10 sets of lights these days. As with signage, the more lights you see the more likely you are to take notice.
And of course those lovely acres of tarmac will still be there too by the looks of it, despite the new paving being laid.