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New traffic flow layout in Waterford City centre begins July 17th

A new traffic flow layout will come into force in Waterford City centre, beginning Monday, July 17th.  The changes form part of the Waterford City Centre Urban Renewal works, which were passed by resolution of Council at the Plenary Meeting on 12th November 2015.  The first part of this scheme was the covering of the Applemarket.

Changes to traffic layout in the city centre were part of the above, including the provision of measures to improve pedestrian, cycle and public transport access and to minimise unnecessary ‘through’ traffic.

Details

  • Patrick Street L1525 – Traffic flow will be eastbound only from junction at Stephen Street to its junction with Michael Street/Broad Street.
  • Michael Street L1527  – Traffic flow will be southbound only from its junction with Lady Lane to its junction with Alexander Street.
  • Alexander Street L90357 – Traffic flow will be westbound only from its junction with Michael Street to its junction with Stephen Street.
  • Bakehouse Lane L55301 – Traffic flow will be southbound only from its junction with Peter Street to its junction with Lady Lane.
  • Lady Lane L5530 – Traffic flow will be westbound only from its junction from Bakehouse Lane to its junction with Michael Street.

Michael Street L15271
(pedestrianised area)
Traffic flow will be southbound only from its junction with Alexander Street to its junction with New Street.

Road Closure Notice – West Waterford Festival of Food 2017

Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, propose to close the following roads to through-traffic on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April 2017 to facilitate the West Waterford Festival of Food:

Roads to be Closed from 11.00am to 6.00pm on Saturday 22nd April 2017:

  • L3139 Davitt’s Quay
  • L3169 Thompson’s Lane
  • L3137 Galwey’s Lane
  • L3136 Carberry’s Lane
  • L3135 Road from Quay to junction at back of old Post Office

Roads to be closed from 6.00am to 7.00pm on Sunday 23rd April 2017:

  • R911 Grattan Square
  • L3132 Parnell Street and Lower Main Street
  • L3127 St. Augustine’s Street
  • L3143 TF Meagher Street
  • L3136 Carberry’s Lane
  • L3137 Galwey’s Lane

Temporary Road Closure – Summerville Avenue, Waterford

Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, will close the following public road from 18th April to 2nd May 2017 to facilitate essential sewer replacement.

Road to be closed:

  • L90344 – Summerville Avenue, Waterford

Diversion Route:

  • Via R709 Passage Road, L5525 Grange Park Road and L90349 Grange Park Crescent.

Fergus Galvin
11th April 2017
Director of Services
Roads, Water and Environment

Road Closure Notice – West Waterford Festival of Food 2017

Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, propose to close the following roads to through-traffic on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April 2017 to facilitate the West Waterford Festival of Food:

Roads to be Closed from 11.00am to 6.00pm on Saturday 22nd April 2017:

  • L3139 Davitt’s Quay
  • L3169 Thompson’s Lane
  • L3137 Galwey’s Lane
  • L3136 Carberry’s Lane
  • L3135 Road from Quay to junction at back of old Post Office

Roads to be closed from 6.00am to 7.00pm on Sunday 23rd April 2017:

  • R911 Grattan Square
  • L3132 Parnell Street and Lower Main Street
  • L3127 St. Augustine’s Street
  • L3143 TF Meagher Street
  • L3136 Carberry’s Lane
  • L3137 Galwey’s Lane

Objections or submissions may be made in writing to the Director of Services, Roads, Water and Environment, Waterford City and County Council, City Hall, The Mall, Waterford not later than 4pm on 5th April 2017.

Temporary Road Closure – L90359 (Jct. of New St, John St & Michael Street, Waterford)

Temporary Road Closure – L90359 (Jct. of New St, John St & Michael Street, Waterford), for Public Realm Works

Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, propose to close the following road to through traffic from 20th March to 21st April 2017 to facilitate Waterford Public Realm Works:

Roads to be Closed

  • L90359 – Junction of New Street, John Street and Michael Street.

Diversion Route
Via Manor Street (R680) turn left/right onto college street (L5517), continue onto Manor Hill (Bunkers Hill) L5516, turn right onto Barrack Street L1512 and Newgate Street L90552.

Objections or submissions may be made in writing to the Director of Services, Roads, Water and Environment, Waterford City and County Council, City Hall, The Mall, Waterford not later than 11am on 16th March 2017.

Temporary Road Closure – L90359 (Jct. of New St, John St & Michael Street, Waterford)

Temporary Road Closure – L90359 (Jct. of New St, John St & Michael Street, Waterford), for Public Realm Works

Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, propose to close the following road to through traffic from 20th March to 21st April 2017 to facilitate Waterford Public Realm Works:

Roads to be Closed

  • L90359 – Junction of New Street, John Street and Michael Street.

Diversion Route
Via Manor Street (R680) turn left/right onto college street (L5517), continue onto Manor Hill (Bunkers Hill) L5516, turn right onto Barrack Street L1512 and Newgate Street L90552.

Objections or submissions may be made in writing to the Director of Services, Roads, Water and Environment, Waterford City and County Council, City Hall, The Mall, Waterford not later than 11am on 16th March 2017.

Temporary Road Closures – Waterford City Centre

2016-06-14_1259Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, propose to close the following roads to through traffic to facilitate Waterford City Centre Public Realm Works, and the construction of new bridges at Waterside.

  • L90359 – Junction of New Street, John Street and Michael Street, Waterford City, 16th January to 26th February 2017.
  • L90362 – Waterside from junction of R708 Catherine Street to R860 Johnstown, Waterford City,  16th January to 9th April 2017.
  • Download both newspaper advertisements in full.

Temporary Closure of Archives

archives-closureWaterford City and County Archives will be closed to the public  on Tuesday 15th November in the City and on Friday 18th November in Dungarvan.

The Archive will be re-open on Tuesday 22nd November. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

For any queries please contact the Archivist at archivist@waterfordcouncil.ie

Changes to Traffic Lights sequence at Summerland Square

2016-10-26_1151Waterford City & County Council are planning to make changes to the traffic lights at Summerland Square in Waterford city.

This junction has 5 roads leading into it and has 6 phases in the traffic lights.

The changes we are making will ban traffic from Upper Yellow Road from turning right to Morrisons Road, ban traffic from lower yellow road from turning right to Military Road or Ozanam St, and all traffic  exiting Ozanam St will have to turn left onto Military Road.

From traffic  movements which are being eliminated represent a small minority of traffic movements at the junction, and eliminating these movements allows phases to run together reducing the current number of phases from 6 to 4, which will reduce the delays at the junction to the majority of the users of the junction.

More details can be seen in the attached document :

The changes come into effect from November 1st, and advance warning signs will be going up today (26th October).

Roadworks in Dunmore East from Wednesday 12th October

roadworksTo facilitate essential resurfacing Roadworks to Dunmore East, the Coxtown Road & Convent Road will be closed from Wednesday 12th October to Friday 14th October & from Monday 17th October to Tuesday 18th October from 7am to 7pm inclusive.

Traffic management will be in place & Local access will be accommodated to local traffic.

Waterford City & County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused.

Proposal to declare a road at Sruh, Lismore, Co. Waterford to be a Public Road

road-blockNotice is hereby given pursuant to Section 11 Subsection (1) (b) (iii) Roads Act 1993 that Waterford City and County Council propose to declare a road at Sruh, Lismore, Co. Waterford to be Public Road. Road is 172 meters in length running from the centre of the road, from its junction with L1004.

A map indicating the road to be taken in charge is available for inspection during normal office opening hours by interested members of the Public for a period of one month up to and including 19th October 2016 at the following locations:-

Roads Dept, Waterford City and County Council, Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Roads Dept, Waterford City & County Council, Menapia Building, The Mall, Waterford.

Submissions or observations with respect to the proposal to declare the road to be a Public Road may be made in writing to the Director of Services, Roads, HR and Emergency Services, Waterford City and County Council, City Hall, The Mall, Waterford not later than 4pm on 2nd November 2016.

Paul Daly
21st September 2016
A/Director of Service
Roads, HR & Emergency Services

Proposed Changes to Traffic Arrangements to Bilberry Rd and Quarry Rd

trafic-blockWaterford City and County Council propose to make changes to the Traffic arrangements on Bilberry Road and Quarry Road.  These changes are;

  1. the making of Bilberry Road from one way from a point approximately 900m north of Rice Bridge to a point approximately 80m south of the Junction with Quarry Road. The direction of travel will be northbound.  The road will be narrowed and the remaining space set aside for the extension of the Waterford Greenway along this portion of the road.
  2. On the section of Bilberry Road and Grattan Quay from Rice Bridge to the point where the road is to be made one way, the road will remain two way but shall be narrowed and a shared footpath / cycle way shall be provided.
  3. On Quarry Road, at the junction with Gracedieu Road, the road shall be narrowed and the provision of a footpath linking Bowefield and Gracedieu Road shall be provided. Traffic lights will be installed to implement a shuttle traffic flow on the narrowed section.

These changes are intended to be temporary, as it is an objective of Waterford City and County Council  to widen Bilberry Road and Quarry Road in the future to allow for the development of the former Waterford Stanley Site and to allow the development of lands in Gracedieu East.  The timing of these road improvements will depend on the developments taking place in the area and the availability of funding for the road widening.

The Waterford Greenway will open shortly extending from Dungarvan to Bilberry along the route of the old railway line.  From Bilberry into Grattan Quay, this line is not available.  As the land along the river Suir develops, the greenway will be extended alongside the river to Grattan Quay.  As an interim measure pending the development of that land, provisions are being made to provide connectivity along the road to Grattan Quay.

The section of road identified in 1 above, and here via maps and drawings, the road is too narrow to provide any footpath / cycleway and maintain 2 way traffic.   This section of road will be one – way heading towards Quarry Road.

The section of road identified in 2 above is being made 2 way so the businesses and houses on this section of the road will not have to follow long diversions  via Quarry Road and Gracedieu Road to access the city centre, but will be able to exit onto Rice Bridge to access the city centre.

There is also no footpath provided between Bowefield and Gracedieu Road, to allow access to Gracedieu Road and the schools complex on Carrickphierish Road.  As the road here is too narrow to accommodate two way traffic and a footpath, a one -way shuttle system will be implemented here to allow the construction of a footpath linking Bowefield and Watersgate to Gracedieu Road.

Road Closures for Harvest Festival

2016-09-08_1438Harvest Festival Road Closures
From 8pm Thursday, 8th September until 6am Monday 12th September the following streets will be closed:

  • The Mall – R680
  • Mall Lane – L90023
  • Bank Lane – L90024
  • Beau Street – L90307 – Local Access will be maintained
  • Greyfriars – L90020 – Access to car park will be maintained
  • Baileys New Street – L90021
  • Henrietta Street – L90018 – Local Access will be maintained
  • High Street – L5533 (from its junction with Olaf Street to Henrietta Street)

For a full and further list of road closures and times etc., please download the full information leaflet.