That Floozy

its true that underpasses are used a lot to good effect in other cities but i dont think this would work in college green. the problem areas are where the traffic is moving from street level down to underpass level. this in reality takes quite a long run. and would bisect whatever areas are chosen for this bit. so either westmorland steet or dame street for example would be virtally ruined, and these are heavily crossed streets.
would be great if it could work tho. the more i think of that as a public space the more i like it and see what a waste it is at the moment.

The traffic make up of Dublin is going to be very different once the port tunnel is completed. The spare capacity on the Quays could harnessed to make College Green a Public Transport and Access only area. By diverting traffic via Christchurch North/East bound down Ormond Quay and Via Wellington Quay and Parliment Street South/West Bound.

That only leaves the traffic going to Merion Square and Kildare Street, I think that is best left as it is. Given the no right turn regime at Georges St and Dawson St it has to go down Pearse St. This strategy would deliver a European ambience from The Central Bank To the front of TCD. At vitrually no cost, barring the five sets of roadsigns before anyone can understand them.

Does anybody know anything about the current whereabouts of the Floozy in the Jacuzzi?

I heard rumours a while ago that she was being located to a site near the Screen cinema but that has become a bus slip road.

Where is the floozy?

@phil wrote:

Bert, there was discussion about it a while ago. The discussion does go a little off the point, but it might be of help. I thought I heard it was going to be placed in the Croppy Acre area.

I seem to recall a TV programme / newsbite about it a while back but I may be mixing my statues – the staue in question was being stored under the supervision of the original sculptor. it was in several bits and he was restoring it, pending a new location.

Ha this is timely Paul. She is to be relocated in a matter of days to the pocket park at the end of Parkgate Street who’s name currently eludes me. She is to be placed in the water there, rather than re-erected on the modulated granite plinth of O’Connell Street fame/notoriety.

She is to be floated down the Liffey on a barge to her final resting place beside the Croppy Acre as part of a DCC PR field day! A nice idea. Indeed I’ve heard she’s in the water already. Hopefully she won’t dissolve in the murky waters on her way over.

Nice to see it back