RPA presentation on Luas Broombridge (BxD line)

Luas Broombridge(Line BXD)

Chamber of Commerce27th October2011

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

• 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

• 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

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

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

Route Description

• Single track northbound on Westmoreland St

• Southbound track via Marlborough St and Hawkins St

• Westmoreland stop and Trinity stop

• Marlborough Street Bridge

Marlborough Street Public Transport Priority Bridge

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

Route Description

• Parnell stop regeneration of Parnell St

• Access to Parnell Square cultural attractions

• Rotunda Hospital

• Dominick St Regeneration Plan (DCC)

Route Description

• Alignment along western perimeter Broadstone Bus Éireann depot

• Broadstone stop access to DIT planned campus

• Future stop planned for Grangegorman

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

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

Bus Interfaces• Construction

stage traffic management

arrangements

• Alternative routing via Kildare St to Sth Leinster

St

• Additional journey time of 2-3

minutes

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

Timelines

Assumes statutory approval, Government approval and funding in place

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

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