Dunkettle
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@Chris_533976 wrote:
I know this is an old post but anyway.
We have looked at amateurish ways of upgrading the junction and it is almost completely impossible to upgrade without using that patch of land. The junction of the Cork – Waterford, Cork – Dublin and Cork South Ring (and eventually North Ring) junctions has to take priority over a sustainable transport solution in this case.
Please elaborate?
@LOB wrote:
Please elaborate?
A bunch of us nerds on a forum got out Google maps and MSPaint and worked out ways to make every movement freeflow at Dunkettle. Its actually really difficult because you have the tunnel that cant be moved, the Glanmire roundabout, a railway line, Dunkettle house and some minor roads. Throw in a P&R next to it and it just cant be done. The only free land you have is really on the northeast.
FWIW here is what I came up with. Makes every movement freeflow but would be impossible to build as traffic diversions just dont exist. As you can see, there is no way to build this if the P&R is there.
anyone have an update on the ibis hotel site? It would be a disaster if it was to be revamped as a school, this is a brilliant site that would be perferct for a landmark building coming in from the dublin road? Its a brilliant location that is near a propsoed rail station and a massive area for growth in the city over the next decade. It is perfect for a tall landmark buiding as there is not too much around the site that it would be overshadowing and with the proposed rail station and the proposed dunkettle point site across the road it would be perfect for a new community type development along a line that is proposed for growth in the city by the city council. In the long term as well when the tivoli cargo site a little more towards town comes on the market when they eventually move down stream this will be a whole new area for the city and with a bit of forward planning could be a really exciting area for the city if some coucillers and developers got together and put a master plan for this area to take in glounthane, glanmire and little island together now and put in place procedures for this to happen on a gradual basis.Also on this area does anyone know what is happening with a site near silverspings where there is a lapsed planning permission for a petrol station with drive through restaurant and retail facilities?
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