Urban roads and streets

Roughan & O'Donovan understands the challenge of responding to infrastructure needs whilst improving the visual and social quality of the streetscape

Clanbrassil Street & St. Nicholas Quarter Rejuvenation scheme, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland.

clanbrassil 4

Windmill Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Windmill Lane

CGI image of Blake's Corner, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland.

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Artist's impression of the proposed College Green Project, Dublin, Ireland. Image courtesy of Paul Keogh Architects and Dixon Jones Architects.

College Green Artist Impression

Dorset Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Dorset street
leopardstown Junction

What we do

Roughan & O'Donovan champions high quality urban road design and placemaking.

Our projects emphasise the hierarchy of movement and focus, in descending order of importance, on:

  • Pedestrian and other vulnerable roads users
  • Cyclists
  • Public transport users
  • Private car users

We work with sister professionals in architecture and landscape architecture to deliver a complete solution to clients.

Expertise

  • Feature bridges
  • Inner relief roads
  • Plazas
  • Development access and circulation roads
  • Public transport
  • Cycling facilities

  • The Clontarf-to-City-Centre Cycle Route will make Fairview a more attractive place to live, work, shop and study in - and not just a place to be passed through on the way into or out of town.

    Dublin Cycling Campaign

  • Having been involved in the development of the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS), I am a strong advocate of placemaking in our urban space design.

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    Seamus McGearailt

    Director, Roughan & O'Donovan

Traffic engineering

We use an array of technologies, models and simulations to provide robust and sustainable transport solutions to clients.  

Our modelling software includes:

  • S-Paramics
  • TranSYT
  • Oscady Pro
  • Oscady
  • Arcady
  • Picady
  • TRICS