This is what the new cycle path will look like; all along the quays and giving cyclists priority over cars.
Having rumbled on for a lengthy period marked by setbacks and false dawns, Dublin City Council is recommitting to the proposed cycle path on the banks of the River Liffey.
The new plan involves banning private cars and lorries from a section of the quays which would then be used for one lane of traffic for public transport vehicles.
The space freed up would be given over to the cycle path project, which has been proposed and has staggered along since 2012.
Brendan O’Brien, of the environment and transportation department of Dublin City Council, has compiled a new report featuring the plan.
It will be unveiled to the council’s transport committee today.
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The new plan involves diverting cars and all other traffic apart from public transport away from a near 500 stretch of the quays.
This will free up a pinch point and make possible the initial plan of a continuous cycle route from Heuston Station to the Dublin docks.
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The route covers the area from the west to east margin of the city centre limits and going straight through the city centre.
The plan obviously was always going to involve road space currently used by the vehicles to be surrendered for what would be an iconic city centre cycle route.
And because of that, the project ran into strong opposition, with motorist and city centre business lobby groups most vocal in their opposition.
However, while Dublin City Council appeared to bend to that opposition and proposed taking a section of the cycle route away from the banks of the Liffey and into city streets close by, including going through the Smithfield area.
That change was proposed after complaints that reducing traffic from two lanes to one along the quays to make way for the water-side cycle route would cause traffic gridlock, especially during rush hour.
However, the plan to take the cycle path away from the quays completely changed the character of the project and reduced a large part of it to little more than a new cycle lane through city streets.
But in a reprieve and following an extreme backlash, Dublin City Council is now planning to recommit to the project along the quays.
It involves banning private cars and lorries from Ellis to Arran quays and bringing those vehicles on a detour away from the quays through Smithfield and Stoneybatter.
It would mean the stretch of quays from Blackhall Place to Church St would be for the cycle route and one lane of traffic for public transport vehicles only.
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