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Dubs invited to comment on new Liffey bridge

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

DUBLIN City Council (DCC) is inviting Dubliners to submit their views on a new Liffey bridge which they intend to built at Marlborough Street.
The council plans to construct the Marlborough Street Public Transport Priority Bridge just downstream of O’Connell Bridge.
The bridge, which forms part of the Transport 21 Plan, will carry buses and Luas trams at this critical location across the Liffey.
According to a DCC spokesperson, the bridge will have cycle ways and generous footpaths which will open Marlborough Street and Hawkins Street to greater footfall, prospective development and create a new north-south link from Abbey Street to Pearse Street.
“The bridge will have an elegant contemporary design. It will be a slender, single span, smooth concrete structure, with the underside of the bridge being designed to be as high above the water as possible so that river traffic is not impeded,” said the spokesperson.
Construction is due to commence in late 2009. The project is funded under the Transport 21 programme and the initial cost estimate is e15 million which includes additional works required to the roadways on either side of the bridge.
“The overriding purpose of the project is to provide public transport bridge linking the north and south quays of the Liffey,” said the spokesperson.
“The bridge will provide a strategic link between Eden Quay and Burgh Quay at the location of Marlbourgh Street and Hawkins Street respectively.”
A conduit will be created for carrying public transport in the form of buses and the Southside Luas line along with cycle and pedestrian traffic across the bridge.
It is also anticipated that the bridge will open up Marlborough Street and Hawkins Street to prospective commercial development creating a new hub in Dublin City Centre running from Abbey Street in the north to Pearse Street in the south.
“Therefore it is important that the pedestrian areas of the bridge are created as public open spaces, not only to be used as a link to either side of the river but also as a civic amenity to enhance and compliment the existent surroundings,” said the spokesperson.
Dublin City Council are inviting submissions or observations on the new bridge to be sent to: Gordon Rowland, Roads and Traffic Department, Dublin City Council, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, before October 16.

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