
Artist's impression of the Clontarf to City Centre project in Dublin, showing the new design proposed for bus stops.
Providing segregated cycling facilities and bus priority infrastructure in Dublin’s North East Inner City.
The Clontarf to City Centre Project is a transformative project for Dublin’s North East Inner City (NEIC). The €62m project will provide high quality walking and cycling facilities, and bus priority infrastructure along a 2.7km route that extends from Clontarf Road, at the junction with Alfie Byrne Road, to Amiens Street, at the junction with Talbot Street. The route is identified as a primary route in the Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan, published by the National Transport Authority in 2013.
The project also includes the delivery of water network infrastructure upgrades, extensive upgrades to footpaths, tree planting and other greening measures.
ROD prepared the initial feasibility study for the project, on behalf of Dublin City Council, in 2012. In late 2017, we were engaged by the council to complete the preliminary design, assessment, detailed design and tender documents for construction. Having managed the tender process through 2021, and with the construction contract awarded to Clonmel Enterprises Ltd in 2022, we are now administering and supervising the construction contract in partnership with the council.
The project is being funded by the National Transport Authority, with the replacement of 6km of old water mains being funded by Irish Water. It is expected to be completed in 2024.
The solution comprises:
The main challenge for the design team lay in balancing the needs of the road corridor with those of the local community. By working closely with Dublin City Council and CSR Landscape Architects, we achieved a scheme that will re-establish the connection between the Fairview/Marino residents and their park to the east while addressing the planning conditions for segregation between road users.