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@anto wrote:

Let’s face it the green belt around there is severely compromised already. I’d be more worried about sprawl further out Lisnagry/Annacotty etc.

Still a crap plan. It’s ludicrous that there are 2 jurisdications looking after Limerick city and suburbs

Exactly it’s already spreading to Annacotty there is already a number of distributor roads built between Kilbane and the Golf club probably catering another few thousands houses!!!!
If ones is looking for a greenbelt within the Groody areas is like asking for fresh air.
I mean, I don’t think the council is worried about the Groody/Parkway Greenbelt when they’re selling those lands for millions of Euro, to think of it. Five years ago you could see green fields on both sides of the N7 between Annacotty and the Parkway now there is like 5,000 houses of all those roundabouts not mentioning the UL area at all. 😮

This is just a disaster, the Parkway roundabout is getting congested at this stage, and the Dublin Road is chock a block till the quays. Although some goods news to give you is that they are finally starting the halted Corbally phase 2 which will link to the Dublin road. Whoever came up with idea with a “tunnel to filter onto the old N7 must be taking the piss? Remember when they opened the Parkway Retail park they said they would have more slips and complete with tunnels even tunnels for pedestrian movements too, instead they made Mickey mouse job by trying to paint another lane into the bottlenecked Roundabout. 😮
Why would they want to build another cinema out that way when they have a rather impressive one at the Castletroy SC? If Limerick is to get a cinema, shouldn’t investors not see a niche for the city centre? :confused:

On the Castletroy SC: There are plans expand this in the future, which had made an application a year ago, heard nothing constructive on that to date, to be honest I don’t see what’s stopping it from making is bigger! This is utter madness, where are all these people coming from. There is absolutely no infrastructure to cater for all these extra Malls.
I blame the county council for all this mess, as they clearly followed the same idea as the American doughnuts city. The city council is doing the best they can to revitalize the city centre, which is obviously showing. The crane in the city and around the quays is phenomenal.

@darkman wrote:

Looking at the map, showing the interchanges that Rossbrien interchange looks like a more intelligent layout compared to the woefully designed roundabout interchanges we have become use to. Dont know why these roads arent labelled as motorway though as there well up to standard:confused: There are no ‘M’ roads planned near or within Limerick at all.

The Rossbrien looks impressive but not very logical, whoever desgined it should be slapped..
They build a slip goin northhbound from the Cork/tralee Road to the tunnel but know slips or loops for southbound traffic going southbound. instead they added a loop for the local traffic around rossbrien,

This is insane!

Not only that the Limerick County council are giving permission to build 53 houses adjacent to the Tipp/Waterford flyover. and its literally RIGHT beside the northbound slip to the dual carraigway, Which is typical of the Irish, build everything and anything around major interchanges till there is no space to upgrade/widen the existing slips if needed, as that interchange is diabolical..

We didn’t learn from the Kinsale/ Redcow interchanges…

Rising high down by the Riverside

2005 has been a boom year for building in Limerick City. Mairead Ni Chaoimh takes a look at the new developments that have sprung up around the city in the past year.

YOU only need to look skyward to realise Limerick is currently in the grip of a building boom. A criss-cross of high-rise cranes dominate the city’s skyline-a sign usually indicative of a high level of development.

2005 was a bonanza year for developers, and in the past 12 months the pace of change in the city has been extraordinary.

Visitors, who have been away for the year, and have returned to their native city for Christmas, have remarked on how much the city has changed in just a year.

For starters, the skyline of the city has changed forever, with the construction of the landmark Riverpoint building at Bishop’s Quay.

And if you take a walk around the city today you will come upon a plethora of building sites, and you will hear the sound of cranes, diggers, drills and general construction work din. The pace of change in Limerick is indeed rapid, and there appears to be no slow down.

The other most notable change in the city’s building works for 2006 is the construction of an apartment complex in the People’s Park. This controversial development has totally altered the atmosphere of the park itself, and has literally taken away a huge chunk of recreational space, previously used by the citizens of Limerick.

There are still huge question marks hanging over this development, and locals and politicians are still asking questions as to how the council disposed of the land to a developer. Limerick City Council have consistently denied any wrongdoing.

Riverpoint is now regarded as a milestone in the development of the city’s new Riverside image. It represents the new attitude of planners towards the city’s future development. Instead of buildings turning their backs on the river they are to instead look towards it. As part of the Riverside city plan the river is to become the unifying link between development from the Docks area right along the riverfront, to the canal and onwards to the University of Limerick in Plassey

Riverpoint, a high-rise 15 storey building, covered in hi-tech futuristic glass, has overtaken the Clarion as the highest building in the city.

St Munchin’s House, the 1970’s building alongside it, is in the process of being demolished, and will make way for the second phase of the Riverpoint development.

Another new building that has sprung up in the city centre in 2005 is the Dominican’s new Biblical Centre on Dominic Street. It is due to open in the next few months.

The new €4 million two storey building will consist of a research library, classrooms and an exhibition space.

One city hotel was completely levelled to the ground in Limerick this year, while two are undergoing major refurbishment and more are being built from scratch. Jurys Hotel on the Ennis Road was demolished, and the new Strand Hotel is being built in its place. The former Ardhu Ryan, also on the Ennis Road, is being refurbished as an aparthotel and the George Hotel on O’Connell Street is also being revamped. The Savoy cinema complex was razed to the ground in September.

Scaffolding abounds throughout the city as new hotels are being built at Punches Cross, the Dock Road, the Island Road and Henry Street.

And there are a number of new apartment buildings nearing completion such as the new complex on Gerald Griffin Street and the Island Road.

A new student village was constructed in UL, and a new faculty building is still under construction on the Co Clare part of the university campus.

All in all, it has been a good year for development in the city, with millions of Euro being invested by property developers in the sector, and the industry providing thousands of jobs. It looks set to continue into the New Year as new and bigger projects are in the pipeline. An entire tract of land in the city centre, around Michael Street, Ellen Street, Patrick Street and Denmark Street is to be transformed into a massive shopping complex, all going well with regard to planning permission.

Bedford Row is a building site at present, but it is soon to become a pedestrianised street, and there are plans for a new retail heart for the city around that area.

Developers are even considering building an entire new pedestrian shopping street opening onto Bedford Row. This time next year the city will indeed look a whole lot different to the way it looks this Christmas.

This information was taken from the http://www.Limerick-leader.ie

I have being away but will be back to update on the chatter above!:)

Here is a few prominet sites in the city centre that have being recently granted permission,

. Change of use from derelict dwelling house and former hostel premises to hotel and health spa and all associated facilities. 2. Demolish existing derelict single storey clay brick shed. 3. Demolish and relocate existing derelict clay brick garden wall/conservatory and limestone steps and reinstate gardens: 4. Construct new five storey over basement structure linked to the existing derelict 2 storey over basement dwelling house on Barrington St. to accommodate car parking, restaurant, bedrooms and associated facilities: 5. Construct new external stairs from new basement area to street level and modify existing railings, gates and limestone plinth on Barrington Street. 6. Construct new external stairs from existing basement lightwell area and modify existing railings, gates and limestone plinth on Barrington Street: 7. Form new window ope fit new window and sill on the first floor of No. 1 Pery Square Barrington Street elevation: 8. All related ancillary works.

1 Pery Square and
9 Barrington Street,
Limerick

Permission for the construction of a mixed development. The development comprises of: Demolition of a five storey over basement infill building and a single storey building at 104 O’Connell Street; Construction of a new five storey over basement infill building at 104 O’Connell Street providing storage in basement, retail on ground floor, and offices on the floors above; Refurbishment, modification and addition to existing four storey over basement infill building at 103 O’Connell Street including a new facade and new fifth floor, providing retail and storage in basement, retail on ground floor and offices on the floors above, all associated services and site works

Hope something good comes out of this building, its quite a big site.

Yes, Something exciting Landmark could come along from the ESB site, I’ll try keep an eye out for that.

I heard that there is a Park at the Golf Links road, which just opened a few weeks back by the County council.

The Park Canal will also give benifets to that side of town, As there will be Parkland and walkways from UL to the city centre, this will be so welcoming once it is finished to see the real benifet.

Also just a thought, I was considering in changing the Name of this Thread or make it more appropriate? any comments, It would be appreciated to get ideas from others. 🙂

Ok I accept your genuinty, 🙂

Well Its anyone guess, It is probably still waiting on offices to move out, the plan was it was mean to start straight after the Riverpoint tower completetion and Dept of argriculture movmement to temporay offices.
This will be another milestone to the city centre development and will lead to more development on Henry street at the ESB offices.
I have not been in Limerick in a while myself.

The shopping capital storey might happen as there are so many retailers moving here and If the shopping paradice goes ahead in Patrick Street area and Mark and Spencer final word in coming here, not to mention the new street plan near Henry Street and Bedford row redevelopment, Carlton, city centre pedstrianisation plan

There is quite a lot of over ambitious projects that were given the dead end,

Dublin will be the only city in Europe that will have no dual lane through road in the city of any kind.
I think these roads are very efficient in getting traffic moving.
Dublin is a through city as a perfect example, The M50 solved a lot of the excessive traffic but now the M50 is a problem, and some alternative needs to be considered than just upgrading the M50,

“Eastern bypass”, technically its still pie in the sky and barely touches the city on most parts. The flow generated there would primarily Port and N11 traffic. This proposal is not as economical as having through east west bypass which will have no negative effect on the M50 (I e more congestion) as the Port by pass would be when it opens.
The eastern bypass only takes traffic away from the N11/M1 but adding more traffic onto the existing M50??
I can imagine when the Eastern bypass is finished the Port tunnel will be seriously under capacity pressure

East/West Bypass option.
Like say having N3N4/N7 bypass straight to the port/city getting this traffic moving rather than circling the horrible M50 crossing lanes and onto the M1 to complete the route to East city and Port.
East/West Bypass.
Would be highly effective in relieving through traffic in the city and onto other routes.
It would be much quicker than the Eastern bypass route.
Not to mention taking pressure off the M50 quays and Suburbs like Inchicore.

The upgraded N7 that will lead into the Redcow/ Longmile R110 would seriously be bottlenecked right into the city, that road is a horse and cart road in standards of todays traffic.
What does one think of this idea???

The New Development plan, hey second time, around only just more money to splash about,

What do you think of it??? It looks all exciting, that depends on whether its ever delivered under budjet and time.