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Luas Broombridge(Line BXD)
Chamber of Commerce27th October2011
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Project Overview• 5.6km extension of the Luas Green
Line through the city centre from St. Stephen’s Green West to
Broombridge Station on the Maynooth railway line
• 13 stops with 8 of these in core city centre area
• Creates a Luas network linking the Luas Red and Green Lines
• Interchange with Luas, Metro North, Dart Underground, Bus, Rail
• Provides essential access to the DIT urban campus facility planned at
Grangegorman (over 20,000 students)
• Re-uses the abandoned former Broadstone railway cutting
• Extracts maximum value of investment to date on Luas infrastructure
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• Opens new transport corridor in north-west Dublin (e.g. Luas Green Line) utilising existing resource of
abandoned railway corridor
• Connects educational, institutional, retail, business, leisure…..variety of trip purposes…..- Maynooth University, DIT, Trinity
- James’ Hospital- Point (O2) / Dalymount- Dundrum Centre, Grafton St,
Henry St, Tallaght Town Centre
Project Overview
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Project Overview
• Between 8 and 10 million extra trips per annum on the Luas network
• Reduces nos. of private car trips by up to 3 million per annum
• Strong economic case for BXD with benefit to cost ratio BCR of 1.85:1 (modest growth scenario) or 2.46:1 (local authority projections)
• Creates employment of 800 jobs per annum during construction
• Creates 60 permanent jobs
• Catalyst for regeneration at Dominick St, Marlborough St, Parnell St., Broombridge
Broombridge Depot
O’Connell Street Upper
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• Railway Order application June 2010
• ABP oral hearing May 2011
• Extensive dialogue with DCC, BAC, BÉ, IÉ over a number of years leading up to oral hearing
• Agreed position with DCC for oral hearing on 107 out of 109 conditions
• Exceptions to agreement on overhead conductor system (OCS) and alignment on O’Connell
Street Upper
Current Status
College Green
Marlborough Street
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Route Description
• Extend stop St. Stephen’s Green
• Dawson Stop access to retail and commercial districts and to Trinity College
• Bus stops retained
• Removal of through traffic
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Route Description• Prohibit right
turn Dawson / Nassau
• Provide right turn SSGE/Merrion Row
• Kildare Street part 2-way
• Bus contra-flow• Agreement
DCC and BÁC
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Route Description
• Single track northbound on Westmoreland St
• Southbound track via Marlborough St and Hawkins St
• Westmoreland stop and Trinity stop
• Marlborough Street Bridge
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Marlborough Street Public Transport Priority Bridge
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Route Description
• 2 stops on O’Connell St
• GPO and planned Dublin central Development
• Access to Henry St retail district
• Interchange with Luas Red Line
• Regeneration of Marlborough St
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Route Description
• Parnell stop regeneration of Parnell St
• Access to Parnell Square cultural attractions
• Rotunda Hospital
• Dominick St Regeneration Plan (DCC)
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Route Description
• Alignment along western perimeter Broadstone Bus Éireann depot
• Broadstone stop access to DIT planned campus
• Future stop planned for Grangegorman
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Route Description• Broadstone to Broombridge
along former railway cutting
• 3 stops – Phibsborough, Cabra and terminus at Broombridge
• Interchange with IÉ Maynooth railway line
• Depot building at Broombridge
• Future extendibility to Finglas
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Bus Interfaces• Extensive dialogue
with BÁC
• All major bus routes maintained during operation
• Stops relocated from Grafton St (lower), College St, Hawkins
St O’Connell St Lr and Parnell St
• New stops O’Connell Bridge, Dane St, Nassau St, Burgh Quay
• Marlborough St layover
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Bus Interfaces• Construction
stage traffic management
arrangements
• Alternative routing via Kildare St to Sth Leinster
St
• Additional journey time of 2-3
minutes
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Traffic Management
• Devise series of constraints
• Number of traffic lanes to be maintained – width, classification
• Footpaths to be maintained
• Worksites and durations
• Temporary arrangements to be employed – bus stop relocations, loading/unloading facilities
• Permanent measures employed at the outset
• Approvals process for all temporary traffic management
• City centre accessibility maintained – ‘open for business’
• Traffic Management Committee
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Timelines
Assumes statutory approval, Government approval and funding in place
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Communications • Face-to-face
- Community liaison coordinator- Construction update meetings- Open evenings- Open forum
• Online- Primary and secondary websites- Social media and networking sites- On-line feedback and reporting
• Direct communications- Direct mail (hardcopy)- Email (using RPA database)- Leaflet distribution
• Media management
- Rolling programme of media briefings
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Communications • On Site
- Maintenance of site boundaries- Site boundaries for communication purposes as appropriate
• Advertising- Press and magazine- Outdoor- Radio- Online
• Joint Marketing and Sponsorship- Cooperative initiatives- Promote benefits offset negative impacts