Luas Cables
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From looking at the luas.ie website, I can’t see what the design is regarding the power cables, will they go with the common sense european style of having them supported from adjoining buildings or are we in for even more clutterd city streets.
If the present design it the latter option, we still have time to change it.
The cable design for the LUAS looks to minimise the amount of poles in favour of building fixings. For instance all of Harcourt Street has building fixings, however poles will be required along the side of Stephens Green for obvious reasons. Its hoped that these can be located within the green to lessen the impact.
Unfortunately what will be added are new road signs and pedestrian barriers but these are mandatory under railway regulations ( the tram is considered a rail vehicle not a road vehicle from a safety point of view )
Overall the effect should be to reduce the traffic in the street running areas and with trams running five minutes apart then the street will be much quieter and more pedestrian friendly.
JJ
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