Cork Transport
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@who_me wrote:
Perfectly. Closer to the ground = Better!
Hence if I had my feet on the ground as opposed to my head in the clouds, I’d be a lot sexier. Time to start looking around for some ground-floor penthouses too..
Have you tried cutting your legs off?
@PVC King wrote:
Plenty of ground floor penthouses with huge floorplates on the market thanks to Dick and his sustainable Bungalow Bleitzkreig guidelines!!!
Heh, after I wrote that I thought the same. Who knows, perhaps penthouse bungalows might be the up ‘n’ coming growth area in Cork’s property market! Just think how much we’ll save on lifts, stairs, fire escapes etc. etc.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS have gone in at Amgen plant.
You read that right, mainline traffic lights where Amgen were supposed to be 🙁 🙁 🙁
@THE_Chris wrote:
TRAFFIC LIGHTS have gone in at Amgen plant.
You read that right, mainline traffic lights where Amgen were supposed to be 🙁 🙁 🙁
Just lovely……… and just when Road Accidents were on the decrease…..:(
Piece on the ‘Irish Examiner’ during the week from the Cork County Council advising that the traffic lights were only a temporary measure while the proposals for the split level crossing were being finalised.
Fair enough I guess, but why bother with the lights at all?
I wouldn’t be surprised if nothing more was said/heard about an upgrade of that route.
Does anyone know what’s happening with the proposed railway stations in Blarney and Kilbarry?
They aren’t included in the Midleton line Railway Order. I would have thought building a new station next to an existing line wouldn’t be that difficult (e.g. Monasterevin, Adamstown), but there seems to be no impetus on them.
Those would be in the future a bit further and seperate altogether as neither of them are on the Midleton line 🙂
@lawyer wrote:
Piece on the ‘Irish Examiner’ during the week from the Cork County Council advising that the traffic lights were only a temporary measure while the proposals for the split level crossing were being finalised.
I see…… seems to concur with stories of Amgen gone..gone so to speak…so Council now have no choice… I’ve started so I’ll finish… situation as work was well advanced so some format of a finish has to be done.
Think Chris right… we won’t be hearing much about this for a while…. a shame…. the jobs were needed..
@THE_Chris wrote:
Those would be in the future a bit further and seperate altogether as neither of them are on the Midleton line 🙂
That’s crazy really. The line is already there and in the case of Kilbarry in particular, the population is already there.
@jungle wrote:
That’s crazy really. The line is already there and in the case of Kilbarry in particular, the population is already there.
I thought these were originally slated for 2008 and now 2010. It must be true, Martin Cullen said it and his word is his bond. A prince amongst men who is totally misunderstood.:D
The dragging of heels on Cork transport is v. deflating. Perhaps the most depressing thing was when the Greens tried to get measures re regional transport in the programme for government they were told where to go. Pretty much guarantees no substantial action on anything bar the Transport 21 Plan for Dublin…I mean Ireland for the next five years at least. I think though that the Kilbarry and Blarney stations are in Transport 21 (they probably made a mistake and thought these were in Meath or Wicklow or some other Dublin commuter town so they slipped in by accident) ?
Front Page Story on Cork Evening Echo this evening about a forthcoming planning application for a reorientated rail and bus station at Kent Station site. Artists impression also. I haven’t seen the print edition so do not have the full article. If anyone has a copy can they scan page 2 and put it up please.
Front page can be viewed in pdf format at http://www.eecho.ieWow. That’s quite a big bus/train station! 😉
I assume that development takes up most or all of Horgan’s Quay? Can’t be any worse than the previous proposal for there – even if this proposal hasn’t a hope of going through unscathed.
Is that a new bridge on the left?
I’ll believe it when i see it – makes you wonder why they couldnt do that first day – also makes you wonder why they now think they will get planning for that tower that looks like about 20 storeys when an application for Werdna not too far away for 17 was denied
too good to be true
Hmm, looks like the worst elements of the Elysian and that Copley St. development stuck together and scaled up to me….or that proposal for Kyrl’s Quay…even reminds me of the FÃS building….I’m not at all impressed, really cheap looking. How about some tasteful red brick/glass/stone, a bit of variety and imagination dammit!
I suppose some movement is desirable, but that design isn’t the most inspiring. It looks like the sort of thing we’ll be trying to get sorted out in 30 years time.
The most important thing is to overprovide for rail activities inside it. Once the station has been built around, it can never be expanded again.
@jungle wrote:
The most important thing is to overprovide for rail activities inside it. Once the station has been built around, it can never be expanded again.
an extremely valid point
Just a personal opinion as well but NO to red brick – glass and stone all the way – cant wait to find out what the beehive shaped building in the left of the picture will be
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