After over 2.5 years and many deep holes replacing water pipes and other utilities, there are now very few exposed areas along the length of the Clontarf to City Centre project between Connolly Station and Clontarf.
This website reported at the start of the month that the end is in sight for the much-delayed Clontarf to City Centre project. Another visit to the route this week confirmed that further progress has been made in the last two weeks.
Little beyond snag work and street planting is likely beyond the end of next week. Dublin City Council is expected to host an official project launch by the end of the month before the general election polling day.
Work on the footpath and shared areas at the junction outside of Joseph’s CBS Secondary School have progressed very visibly:


These images show work at the junction outside of Joseph’s CBS Secondary School, which is still the most prominent work site, but progress is being made:


Traffic signalling — often underestimated as relatively simple when it’s not — is one of the main jobs which was being carried out last Wednesday:
The section under the railway bridge at Connolly Station has remained closed for at least the last two weeks for no apparent reason except the works ahead:

A small section of the route between Joseph’s CBS Secondary School and the Malahide Road has not been opened. Although this section was challenging to access for people cycling around the closed section of the route directly before it, so, many people were only joining the cycle path closer to the Malahide Road:
Drivers turning left are being reminded to yield to people cycling straight ahead — the traffic signals are supposed to be a pointer to this, and it is supported by advertising, social media posts and the electric signage:
At junctions such as the Five Lamps, some motorists have yet to get the message that they need to yield to people cycling:
When motorists are yielding or even sometimes when they are waiting at a red light other motorists seem to disapprove of this:
Some design choices, such as using shared used areas at junctions, are becoming more apparent, although are not fully open yet. The location of public lighting will make any changes to these layouts harder:

Looks good, hopefully the yield signs at bustops start being adhered to and bus commuters stop diving out tight little spots across the bike lanes.
I am a cyclist and a driver. If vehicles are turning left with a flashing orange light so priority is given to cyclists in the bike lane, the drivers cannot be allowed to lose sight of the bikes. This will happen if the car turns a little to the left meaning the car mirrors are pointing in the wrong direction. If the driver cannot see left out the side of the vehicle (a van for instance) this will cause a big issue. If I am cycling on this route I will be out on the road with the cars.
I am genuinely concerned. Has this issue been raised at any point? Are we going to continue to have poorly designed bike lanes installed everywhere? (Griffith Avenue for instance)
There’s still signs blocking off the end of the bike lane coming from Annesley Bridge towards the junction with Fairview Strand. When you get to where the old hardware shop was, it just ends with no way to rejoin the traffic flow, other than to cross over the footpath to your left to get back onto the road as if you were a pedestrian.
Also, if you’re going ahead and turning left onto the Howth Road, cyclists get a red light there when cars have a green, so you’re expected to wait for that sequence to pass even if you’re turning left.
I’m hopeful that this is just a temporary matter before that section is officially open, because otherwise it turns cyclists into very much second class citizens, making it more attractive to just stay in the main traffic lane and get shouted at by taxi drivers.