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I think they need to sort out Mahon points ridiculous traffic problems before they go stuffing more buildings there 🙂
Queue for Tescos went all the way from the entrance right back to the dual carriageway the other day. Crazy. Luckily I was going to B&Q.
@Hoggy wrote:
I think the yellow route was chosen as the preffered route,this is the one furthest from the city which makes the most sense really.
The other route,not sure what colour it was,came very close to where I live so im happy they chose the most logical option…now when construction will start is another matter entirely!
http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/734326387.pdf
Heres a PDF with the route options. Not very big file.
Yellow one has the tunnel, will be interesting to see if they stuff a toll on it.
@phatman wrote:
Seeing as to land a plane in Gribraltar the main road from Spain has to be closed, one might appreciate that it’s not the busiest airport! So I’m surprised at this move. 😀
Thats awesome, and nuts 😀
@A-ha wrote:
I read that Debenhams will take over all Roches Stores except the ones located in Wilton and Nutgrove. Roches on Pana will become a Debenhams, but it is likely that Marks and Spencer will take over the one in Wilton.
Would M&S bother with that tho assuming they’re only just updating the Merchants Quay store?
Dunkettle will be terrible soon.
Once the Kinsale Road flyover is done, that traffic will jam the tunnel.
Add the 700 houses at Glanmire in a few years.
Add the impact of the North Ring.This roundabout will soon be known as the Red Cow of the South. Everyones underestimating just how bad it will be.
@PTB wrote:
A problem I experienced while trying to get to the marquee a few days ago was [Not being to used to using buses in the city] that there is two number two buses. One going north to Knocknaheeny and one going south to Mahon. What was worse was that the woman in the bus station gave me a timetable for the northbound bus. I can understand why tourists hate our public transport system [Ireland in general with the exception of the luas] when a city has two number two busses going in two different directions.
Jack Lynch Tunel: Apparently the tunnel is running well over the projected daily usage of 2012 [Somthing like that at least] which shows just how wrong the planners get it wrong. The most effective but most expensive solution, in my opinion at least, would be to build two tunnels parallell to the outsides of the current tunnel, go under the interchange and bring you up onto the N8. It would probably be very difficult to get it out given the rail track and road near the Ibis Hotel so its a bit of a dream. Or one could do the opposite and build a sunspension bridge which would be even more spectacular and farfetched. Ah well, I can dream cant I?
I’m no engineer, but I’ve thought a fair bit about how to make that roundabout freeflow without modifying the tunnel much.
All you have to do is take the current east-west N25 run and put THAT in a tunnel underneath the current roundabout. Then you could get rid of the roundabout and put freeflow slips everywhere to solve the current problems.
THe traffic lights were a stopgap.
It will get bad again.Opening the Kinsale Road flyover will jam the tunnel up like mad.
Opening the 694 house development in Glanmire will make it worse.
Opening the north ring will make it even worse.Yes, we’re talking Red Cow Of The South with that roundabout. I dont think people realise just how bad its going to be in a few years time.
Yeah if Dunkettle/Glanmire interchanges were sorted properly, and the other two roundabout flyovers and associated slips were fixed, it would be pretty good.
The tunnel WILL be a nightmare again once the Kinsale Road one opens.
mmm I dunno about putting another campus there…. seems a waste of prime land to me.
Put a new college further out.
Its an odd thing, yeah. But its placement next to two roads means you wouldnt really gain anything by levelling it 🙂
Let the FOSCC chaining to the alter rails begin 😎
So basicially, its been granted, with the one (major) clause that the permanent altar and cathedra must be dealt with seperatly. Am I reading that right?
mmm seems to me theres an unwarrented hate-campaign going on against him which is being fueled by the media.
I imagine this thread will turn into a glorious fight pretty quickly though.
Im not going to get into this debate as both sides are firmly entrenched. But I will say this.
I am a bit disappointed in how the media and everyone on here are labelling John Magee as some form of mad heretic with a death sentence for us all. He’s been portrayed in a terrible way by the media and it seems there is a massive hate campaign against him by all.
I can say with hand on heart, knowing him personally, that is is the nicest man anyone could ever hope to meet. He is the most caring person I know. Very quiet and a bit shy, but get to know him and he is a great laugh, and the kindest man you could ever know.
Unfortunately, the media never acknowledge this, and everyones opinion of him is swayed by that.
He is now scared to leave his house because of the viscousness of this campaign against him. He used to take walks all over Cobh island. He cant risk it anymore. Would you go out on your own having received DEATH THREATS though the mail?
You read that right.
Please, if you want to have a campaign against the reordering then thats fine by me – its your opinion, but dont resort to personal attacks against John Magee. He doesnt deserve that.
@jungle wrote:
Level crossings are undesirable from a safety perspective. What may be more relevant here is that once Midleton is opened, there will be 8 trains per hour passing over the track between Cork and Glounethaune at peak hours. On a busy road this could be a problem for traffic management.
That said, I can’t think of any particularly busy road that crosses the railway line at a level crossing. Does anyone know which level crossing between Cork and Glounethaune will be replaced with a bridge? Presumably, the Cork-Cobh line will be shut for a while during construction work.
Well I travel along it regularly enough, and I cant think of any either. All of the major roads are overbridges. The only level crossings along the routes are housing access near the station. I guess they could be putting one bridge in where the main entrance into that small estate thing is near the station. Serves about 20 houses.
Perhaps they’re updating some though :confused: Didnt think any of them were falling down.
@phil wrote:
What are you referring to? The allowance of the shopfront to be retained or the appeal against it?
I think the shopfront should be left with the nice new frontage rather than harking back to the 1950s with that godawful green patchwork 🙂
@Radioactiveman wrote:
originally posted by paddyinthehouse
Original shopfront image originally posted by DevinAn Taisce have appealled to ABP against the decision by CCC to grant permission for the retention of a new shopfront on Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. The shopfront belongs to the new Butlers Chocolate store/cafe adjacent to the GPO. The ‘original’ Buckley Bros. shopfront used vitrolite- a material which is no longer produced. See ‘vitrolite shopfronts’ thread for more.
Thats so stupid I dont even know where to begin.
– the replacement of five level crossings with four new overbridges and one underbridge, including overbridges on the Cork-Glounthaune section of line
Hmmm. Just wondering why they need to replace the Cork-Glounthaune ones. Didnt think they were too bad?
