Airton road extension – proposed new link road from Cookstown industrial estate road to Belgard road
The proposed works will form part of a wider integrated road network which will result in the creation of a new permeable street connecting the Airton Road to the Cookstown Road and further south to Tallaght Town Centre via an approved Part 8 development.
It will act as a catalyst for connecting Tallaght Hospital, Technology University Dublin (TUD), a post primary school, an innovation centre, and a residential community. The proposed new link road will be carried out through the Part 8 process.
The Proposed Scheme consists of the following works:
– The construction of approximately 328 m. of a two-way single carriageway road connecting Cookstown Industrial Estate Road to Belgard Road. The Cross sections consists of a 6.0 metre carriageway, 2.0 metre raised adjacent off-road cycle lanes and 2.5-metre-wide footpaths
– The construction of three signal-controlled junctions, Junction of Cookstown Ind. Estate Road with Airton Road Extension, Junction of Airton Road Extension with the entrance into Belgard Retail Park and the Junction of Airton Road Extension and Belgard Road.
– Junctions – Junction layouts are to be as per the NTA’s standard for cycleways, the layout of the proposed junctions will be updated in line with new NTA standards when the latest layouts come available.
– The construction of associated drainage and culverts.
– The provision of associated road markings, traffic signage and public lighting.
– The installation of ducting for statutory service relocations and the diversion of existing statutory services that are affected by the works.
– The construction of boundary walls, fencing and access treatment.
– Associated earthworks and appropriate landscape works.
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