Alfie Byrne Road has had these barriers installed and it seems they will bring to an end the parking that has occurred - and been encouraged at this contentious location in Dublin (Photo: Twitter @SpucklerMr)
Barriers have been installed along the edge of the two-way
cycleway on Alfie Byrne Road in north Dublin in what appears to be a great
victory for cycling campaigners.
The cycleway is segregated and is an example of very solid
infrastructure in Dublin segregating cyclists from drivers in their vehicles.
However, Alfie Byrne Road connects Clontarf to East Wall and
is relatively close to Croke Park and the venue formerly known as The Point in
the docklands.
Whenever concerts are held at either venue the two-way
cycleway along Alfie Byrne Road is used as parking for coaches ferrying concert
goers.
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Groups like Dublin Cycling Campaign and I Bike Dublin have
had great difficulty establishing whether the Garda, Dublin City Council or
some other entity has signed off on cancelling the cycleway and converting it
to parking.
The matter came to a head last month when the Spice Girls
played at Croke Park. I Bike Dublin raised a posse of activists and blocked the
Alfie Byrne Road cycleway so no coach drivers could park their vehicles there.
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It was the first time cycling activists took the matter into
their own hands to effectively take back the Alfie Byrne Road cycleway.
And now the erection of the flexi wands along the edge of
the cycleway appears to rule out any more parking there.
Word coming out of a press conference this afternoon for this
weekend’s Westlife gigs in Croke Park is that the Alfie Byrne Road cycleway
will not be used for coach parking.
Well done to all involved on an excellent result.
New barriers on Alfie Byrne Road cycleway
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