Scheme Overview
This scheme will provide a safe and attractive cycle route along the Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road, with pedestrian facilities also being constructed.
Ultimately when the routes are delivered, they will improve safety, reduce vehicle speeds, and contribute towards an increased number of trips in the area by pedestrians and cyclists.
Construction on this scheme will begin shortly. This webpage will be updated to reflect updates on this scheme as it progresses.
The development will consist of:
- The provision of a 2m protected cycle track and 2m footpath on both sides of Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road, reducing in places where constraints exist.
- Reduction in road carriageway widths (typically 3m wide lanes).
- Junction realignments and the introduction of raised crossings on all side roads to prioritise pedestrian movements.
- Straight through cycle lane/track crossings on all side road junctions to prioritise cyclists’ movements.
- The provision of signalised crossings for pedestrians and cyclists.
- Upgrading of the R865 Ballybane Road / L5029 Castlepark Road junction and L5029 Castlepark Road / R339 Monivea Road junction to signalised junctions with provision for pedestrians and cyclists.
- The introduction of pedestrian and shared crossing points at several locations.
- The provision of landscaping along the routes.
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The site is located as follows:
- R865 Ballybane Road, from its junction with the R339 Monivea Road to a point approximately 130m north of Skerritt Roundabout (R338 Dublin Road).
- L5029 Castlepark Road, from its junction with R865 Ballybane Road to its junction with R339 Monivea Road