Cork Cycle Network - Road Safety Audit :. CH2M Barry

CH2M Barry is a long term partnership between J. B. Barry and Partners and Halcrow Group Ireland and brings over 15 years of experience, working together to serve our Clients. In November 2011, Halcrow became part of the CH2M group of companies adding global reach, financial strength but more importantly specialist skills such as the design and management of large scale projects. This arrangement brings to our Clients the benefits of the local highways, bridges and construction experience of J. B. Barry and Partners and the wide ranging major international project experience of CH2M, based on many years of involvement in the highways and transportation field.

Project Details

Client: Cork City Council
Location: Cork, Ireland
Value: €20,000

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Project Description

The cycle network proposed for the city is based on linking the primary attraction nodes within Cork City which included:

Cork City Centre
Cork Institute of Technology
Cork University Hospital
University College Cork
Douglas Village, Mahon Point and Blackpool Shopping Centre

The attraction nodes also included local schools, leisure facilities and areas of employment. The developing cycle network concentrated on the strategic radial routes into the city, but linked via an orbital route around the city centre and a number of suburban cycle routes linking the proposed radial routes.

The objective of the cycle routes is to ensure that the routes are made safe, convenient and easy to use by all cyclists. The proposed cycling measures within the network include the following:

Provision of contra flow cycle lanes
Provision of shared pedestrian/ cycling streets
Provision of advanced stop lines at signalised junctions
Removal of suburban roundabouts
Provision of on-road cycle lanes
Introduction of traffic calming measures