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@corkdood wrote:
Just spotted this on peoplesrepublicofcork – no source though
“32 new buses are being added to the fleet to service Cork City & Suburbs, and 6 of them will be double decker!”
If its true its good news. Perhaps some of them will be used on the new Ballincollig – Cork City town service due to begin in 2009. Good to see the double deckers coming back too – badly needed on busy routes like the number 5 and 8.
Will these be second hand from our capital city I wonder? They got some brand new one recently didn’t they? The graffiti will make interesting reading:)
@Spinal Tap wrote:
Its a massive city centre site which was underused when you think about it.It should be a mess of concrete lorries and construction traffic for the next 18+ months though.
There are two separae sites there at the moment. The OCP site and Dunnes Stores site. There is another large site over on Parnell Place being developed by Brian McCarthy.
Originally posted by PUG – Article elsewhere in the paper stating that Councillor Ciaran Lynch was tabling a motion to J Gavin to initiate a feasibility study into building a muli discipline decent sized stadium in the docklands – I say we all give him a hand, email his website or get him to set up some petition type email link to get everyone involved
I would gladly sign up to such a petition. Anyone have an e-mail address for Clr Lynch?
An easy way to end delays at bus-stops would surely be to let passengers board the bus through the front doors only and let passengers disembark through the middle doors only. I presume the reason it isn’t done in Cork is the unavailability of the swipe access for multiple travel. However the driver should be able to control fare dodgers – they’re can’t be that many – not in Cork anyway, I don’t want to bring Baile Atha Cliath into this thread!! 🙂
I think there is a pedestrian bridge being constructed as part of the new Jurys Hotel development on the Western Road. There is some formwork spanning that channel of the river so hopefully a walkway is being constructed, it will probably be similar to the existing bridge a few metres away.
Either that or the site engineer needs to get the dumpy level checked!
A little leftfield maybe, I wondered if anything could be done to bring the Viaduct back into use ( not as a bridge!). It is a great looking structure and acts as a gateway to West Cork.
Could a restaurant / museum / art gallery go on top. Just stick a pair of lifts on the stone piers on either side of the dual carriageway, enclose the top in glass and Bob’s your uncle……a beautiful attraction to draw the public and tourists in. There’s plenty of space for parking. I’m only half joking.lexington wrote:Rather the compete with Dublin on issues of population etc etc – we should focus on developing what we have and gaining specialised interests which will promote future growth (this in turn should catalyse continued population, infastructural and institutional development). Cork should think outside the box and not copy those of everyone else – that means investment ahead of the game (installing a first class public transport system (rail!), creating a first-class living environment (green-spaces, protection of green belts, educational facilities, walkways, river-uses), protection of our natural environment and geographical assets (Cork is unique), promotional of the built environment (maintaining and improving existing building stock]If only we were in control of our own destiny. The purse strings are held by Dublin and I doubt we would be given free rein. The airport terminal springs to mind.
Following the announcement regarding Manor Park’s intentions for the Horgans Quay site, will they be responsible for the design of the new train station? What are the chances that we will get a signature piece of architecture for the city? We missed out on the Dunkettle river crossing so can we have a “Union Station” (San Francisco isn’t it?) please?
If we ask nicely will they go to an architect of the stature of Calatrava / Piano / Gehry – (no disrespect to the current crop of Irish architects).
Hopefully we will get a bold design at the very least – something that will surprise us. Anyway, I really enjoy this website and this thread in particular, keep up the good work.
