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That does seem a rather slow schedule. Will the plaza run the whole length of the street? I was only expecting it for the area around the spire and in front of the GPO. Are there plans to prevent or restrict northbound traffic from using the street?
James
Yeah, and if the Abbey moves into the Carlton, and the fast joints can be persuaded to tidy up their image, the whole street could look amazing.
Anyone know when the plaza is due to be finished (or even started)?
James
It was looking amazing from Ballsbridge a little while ago, with the sunlight glinting off it… Oh, sun’t back out. Cool!
Looking forward to the completion of the base, and the addition of the lighting.
Will there be an official “turning on” ceremony, or will we just walk down O’Connell Street and find it all lit up? Surely some big name politician will want to cut the ribbon and press the on switch and make a speech about how he supported it all along.
And the next day the Times will dig out a comment he made in 1999 about what a bad idea it was… 🙂
James
Hooked here too… and there’s still plenty of milegae to be had from the construction of the base.
James
My understanding is the wrapping stays on the bottom section until the work around the base is finished.
The internal lighting should be going in in the next two weeks, when the temporary beacon on the top will be removed.
James
Great picture, but I’m a little worried at the angle it’s leaning to. And that kink in the middle is a rather disturbing too!
And how did that helicoptor get tangled in the crane wires?
🙂
James
Passed close by this morning, and it looks great. Unfortunately you can barely see it from Ballsbridge at the moment. The crane stands out, but the spike get’s lost in the mist.
Did you notice how every news report suddenly started picking up on “Europe’s biggest crane” around the same time?
James
Hey exceelent photos. Was down there a little after midnight, and was just in time to see piece number 5 be hoisted into place. It was quite a sight. It sure is getting tall!
Can’t wait to see the last section go up tomorrow.
James
I’m looking out a 6th floor Ballsbridge window, so I can see the crane is vertical, but can’t offer a lot more detail. It still facing away from the spike, so presumably it will shortly be turned around.
I can’t offer any insight as to when the next piece might be going up, but if I see anything, I’ll let you know!
James
Hope it goes up today… no sign of movement from the big crane yet. If I see any I’ll let you know (got a good view of it from Ballsbridge).
James
Grafton Street doesn’t look half bad considering it’s well over ten years ago that it was done up. But maybe it’s time to start thinging of a new look for the street. I don’t expect it will follow the route Henry Street took…
James
The story yesterday was that it wouldn’t proceed for at lest 48 hours, but if the wind calms, they could try over the weekend.
James
That is an excellent idea, and I especially like the idea ofthe northern link. However, whouldn’t putting the link somewhere closer to the city, like Malahide, make it easier for DART users to connect to it without having to walk up Talbot Street?
How does it compare to the Metro proposal?
James
Where was that photo taken? The building in the middle looks almost exactly like my apartment building, but the surrounding buildings don’t look quite right, so I don’t think it is.
Oh, doctoring looks great, by the way.
James (confused)
Okay I admit the MagLev isn’t really a runner because (a) the distance doesn’t really justify it and (b) the technology isn’t established. Some form of conventional rail/light rail makes more sense for now. The cost argument probably has some merit too, but I believe serious investment is needed whatever we do.
Running it on the existing Dublin/Belfast line has some merit, but only if the signalling system is significantly upgraded. The current line is severly stretched because of the minimum distance between trains. DART services are already running to the limit, and if the service was increased so that trains were running every two minutes at peak times, I think a lot more people would use it.
But back to the point. The airport link needs to run at least every 15 mins for most of the day, and there’s no way this could happen on the DART lines at present. I don’t think there would be any problem filling that many trains considering the number of people using the airport.
The other option is the Metro proposal, which would be independant of the DART lines, so would not have to wrangle slots out of the DART schedule to run trains. It also has the advantage that if any problem happen with one line (subsidence in Marino) it doesn’t shut down the whole transport system. Plus, a new line will bring rapid transit to a lot of communities along the route that wouldn’t otherwise be served.
I still like MagLev. 🙂
James
Yeah, I really hope it gets proper attention and cleanup. We have an awful tendancy to get things so nearly right in this country, with our “it’ll do” approach. I hope we can get this one right.
James
This from Business and Finance website:
British Land has criticised Dunloe Ewart’s decision not to contribute funds towards the extension of the Luas line from Sandyford to Cherrywood in Loughlinstown.
British Land is a 50pc shareholder in the Cherrywood development with Dunloe Ewart and an extension of the Luas line is seen as critical to the site’s long term success.
It would seem that the funding is voluntry, so if shortsighted companies refuse to participate, the scheme will likely be delayed or cancelled. It would be a shame, because Eur2500 is not a lot to have a rail line going by your house.
James
Just to clarify, there are a series of “eyelets” at the very top, presumably for hoisting the section.
There is also a collection of “holes” or “perferations” around the entire length of the top two sections, which are to let light out. I hadn’t heard about LED lighting. My understanding was that a searchlight in the bottom section would shine up and filter through the holes and out the perspec block at the tip. But LED lighting would be cool. They could even have a “Christmas” setting which blinks the LEDs in groups (only kidding).
James
