Liffey Valley to City Centre Core Bus Corridor Scheme

In 2025, ROD, in joint venture with Clandillon Civil Consulting (CCC), was appointed as designer to GMC Utilities Group Ltd. for the Liffey Valley to City Centre Core Bus Corridor Scheme, the first BusConnects Dublin Design & Build project to progress to construction. 

The 9.2km scheme will significantly enhance travel by public transport by providing bus priority as well as improved pedestrian and cycling infrastructure along its length. This access corridor is currently characterised by traffic congestion, and while there are existing bus lanes on parts of the route, buses and cyclists compete for space with general traffic for most of the journey, making it less attractive for pedestrians, cyclists and bus users.

The ROD-CCC joint venture is collaborating with various stakeholders, including Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council, to deliver the scheme, to an ambitious programme, with minimal disruption during construction. We are also providing a team of designer’s site representatives to assist the GMC project team and oversee construction.

Construction commenced in early 2026, and the scheme is expected to be delivered in 2029. 

To optimise the speed of delivery, we are:

• working collaboratively with CCC, with extensive cross-pollination of knowledge, techniques and efficiencies
• working hand-in-glove with our contractor client, with multiple parallel lines of communication

A core project management team, assembled from across the three organisations, is responsible for quality control, change management and programme optimisation. The team also manages the interfaces with the client and the client partner appointed to manage the design and construction process. 

The works involve:

• extensive pavement reconstruction and widening
• pedestrian and public realm enhancements
• utility and service diversions
• tree planting
• public lighting and electrical works
• traffic signalling and ducting
• miscellaneous ancillary works