Restrictions on city quays in place from Sunday but face first real test on Monday morning
Traffic, cyclists and pedestrians make their way down Arran Quay towards Dublin city centre ahead of new traffic plans diverting traffic from the city. Photograph: Barry Cronin
The plan aims to “remove traffic that has no destination in the city”, with 60 per cent of motorists currently passing through rather than stopping in town. While its first measures are in force on the quays from 7am on Sunday, they will face their first real test in rush-hour traffic on Monday.How Lidl accidentally took on the big guns of cloud computing
Drivers on the southside will still be able to cross O’Connell Bridge either by turning right from Burgh Quay, or continuing straight from Westmoreland Street to O’Connell Street. In a new concession, motorists will also be able to turn right from O’Connell Bridge on to Eden Quay, a manoeuvre which had been reserved for public transport.
In effect, the city will remain open to motorists planning to park and use its amenities and services, but the use of the city core as a through route to drive somewhere else will be so convoluted and slow that drivers will opt for alternative routes, or the council hopes, will chose alternative transport.
More than 80 per cent of 3,500 submissions supported the plan. Opposition came from car park owners and some other city businesses, including retail and restaurant traders worried about the potential effect of private car restriction on custom. “Back in 2015 when we did our consultation there wasn’t a lot of support for it, in fact there was a huge amount of opposition, including political opposition, but it’s very different this time,” Mr O’Brien says.
The group questioned the legality of the measures and secured support from Minister of State Emer Higgins who asked council chief executive Richard Shakespeare to consider an economic analysis the alliance was commissioning and to delay the implementation of any measures until next year.
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