North Strand Road Cycle Route Concept Design / Option Selection Report October 2012 Client: Consulting Engineer: Dublin City Council Roughan & O'Donovan Civic Offices Arena House Wood Quay Arena Road Dublin 8 Sandyford Dublin 18 Roughan & O’Donovan North Strand Road Cycle Route Consulting Engineers Dublin City Council North Strand Road – Amiens Street to Clontarf Road Cycle Route Concept Design / Option Selection Report Document No: ............................... CR-001 Made: ............................................. John Bell Checked: ....................................... Seamus MacGearailt Approved: ..................................... Seamus MacGearailt Issue Description Made Checked Approved Date 1.0 Draft JB 4th July 2012 1.1 Draft JB SMG SMG 8th August 2012 1.2 Final JB SMG SMG 31 st Oct 2012 Ref: 12.134.10 October 2012 Page i Roughan & O’Donovan North Strand Road Cycle Route Consulting Engineers Dublin City Council North Strand Road – Amiens Street to Clontarf Road Cycle Route Concept Design / Option Selection Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Objectives ...................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Planning and Policy ................................................................................................. 1 2.1 Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 ................................................................. 1 2.2 National Cycling Policy Framework 2009-2020 .......................................................... 2 3.0 EXISTING ROUTE ..................................................................................................... 2 3.1 Site Description ......................................................................................................... 2 3.2 Existing Road Conditions ........................................................................................... 2 3.2.1 Existing Road & Cycle Facilities ................................................................................ 2 3.2.2 Existing On-Street Parking .......................................................................................... 7 3.2.5 Existing Accident Data ................................................................................................. 8 3.2.6 Existing Traffic Conditions .......................................................................................... 8 3.2.7 Existing Public Transport Services ............................................................................ 9 4.0 CYCLE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS.................................................................... 11 5.0 OPTION SELECTION .............................................................................................. 11 5.1 Description of Scheme Options ............................................................................... 11 5.2 Cycle Route Option 1 ............................................................................................... 11 5.2.1 Amiens Street from Talbot Street to Lower Buckingham Street ......................... 11 5.2.2 Amiens Street from Buckingham Street to Five Lamps ....................................... 12 5.2.3 North Strand Road from Five Lamps to Newcomen Bridge ................................ 13 5.2.4 Newcomen Bridge ...................................................................................................... 13 5.2.5 North Strand Road from Newcomen Bridge to Bessborough Avenue ............... 14 5.2.6 North Strand Road from Bessborough Avenue to Annesley Bridge .................. 15 5.2.7 Annesley Bridge ......................................................................................................... 15 5.2.8 Annesley Bridge to Clontarf Road via Fairview ..................................................... 16 5.2.9 Cost Estimate .............................................................................................................. 17 5.3 Cycle Route Option 2 ............................................................................................... 17 5.3.1 Amiens Street from Talbot Street to Lower Buckingham Street ......................... 17 5.3.2 Amiens Street from Buckingham Street to Five Lamps ....................................... 17 5.3.3 North Strand Road from Five Lamps to Newcomen Bridge ................................ 18 5.3.4 Newcomen Bridge ...................................................................................................... 18 5.3.5 North Strand Road from Newcomen Bridge to Bessborough Avenue ............... 18 5.3.6 North Strand Road from Bessborough Avenue to Annesley Bridge .................. 18 5.3.7 Annesley Bridge ......................................................................................................... 19 5.3.8 Annesley Bridge to Clontarf Road via Fairview ..................................................... 19 5.3.9 Cost Estimate .............................................................................................................. 20 Ref: 12.134.10 October 2012 Page ii Roughan & O’Donovan North Strand Road Cycle Route Consulting Engineers Dublin City Council 5.4 Cycle Route Option 3 ............................................................................................... 20 5.4.1 Fairview Park to East Wall Road ............................................................................. 20 5.4.2 Stoney Road ............................................................................................................... 21 5.4.3 Strandville Avenue ..................................................................................................... 22 6.0 Appraisal of Options .............................................................................................. 23 6.1 Environment & Planning .......................................................................................... 23 6.2 Economy ................................................................................................................. 23 6.3 Safety ...................................................................................................................... 23 6.4 Quality of Service .................................................................................................... 23 6.5 Accessibility & Social Inclusion ................................................................................ 25 6.6 Integration ............................................................................................................... 25 7.0 PREFERRED OPTION ............................................................................................. 25 8.0 CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................. 26 APPENDICES Appendix A: Drawings Ref: 12.134.10 October 2012 Page iii Roughan & O’Donovan North Strand Road Cycle Route Consulting Engineers Dublin City Council 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers were appointed by Dublin City Council to prepare a Concept Stage Design and Options Selection Report of the North Strand Road Cycle Route from Amiens Street to Clontarf Road. The site location is shown on Drawing 001 included in Appendix A. This report will identify and assess various options to provide a cycle route linking the recently constructed Dublin City Council Premium Cycle Route, proposed royal Canal Cycleway and Clontarf Promenade. 1.2 Project Objectives The primary objective of the North Strand Road Cycle Route from Amiens Street to Clontarf Road is to provide improved facilities for cyclists connecting existing sections along Clontarf Promenade and the proposed Royal Canal / Cross City Cycle Route. 2.0 Planning and Policy 2.1 Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 Chapter 4 Shaping the City of the Dublin City Development Plan includes Objective SC05, which states: “To prepare a statutory local area plan for Croke Park and its environs including the Ballybough / North Strand Area and linking back to the city centre via Mountjoy Square and Parnell Square, to promote the social, physical and economic regeneration of the area.” Chapter 5 - Connecting and Sustaining the City’s Infrastructure of the Dublin City Development Plan sets out the Councils policies and objectives for promoting modal change. Policy SI2 states: “It is the policy of Dublin City Council to continue to promote the modal shift from private car use towards increased use of more sustainable forms of transport such as cycling, walking and public transport and to implement the initiatives contained in the government’s, ‘Smarter Travel, A Sustainable Transport Future 2009-2020”. Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017, Appendix 7 – Strategic Cycle Network , identifies Amiens Street and North Strand Road as Inner City Cycle Routes This project will provide a high quality cycle way connecting Clontarf Promenade to the proposed Royal Canal / Dublin Cross City Premium Cycle Route and providing an upgrade to a major radial route to the City Centre, which will assist in encouraging a modal change away from cars. Ref: 12.134.10 October 2012 Page 1 Roughan & O’Donovan North Strand Road Cycle Route Consulting Engineers Dublin City Council 2.2 National Cycling Policy Framework 2009-2020 Recognising cycling as one of the