New Phoenix Park safety measures
The Office of Public Works announced temporary safety measures being implemented in the Phoenix Park on Monday.
The use of the Phoenix Park as a recreational space has significantly increased over the last number of weeks.
Current cycling and pedestrian usage has raised significant new road safety issues not experienced before.
The new measures aim to provide the public with a safe place to walk, run, exercise and travel by bike while adhering to the 2m rule.
New safety measures:
- Provide cocooning space at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre Walled Garden from 10am to 1pm, daily.
- Provide priority cocooning car parking at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre for those cocooning and using the walled garden.
- Repurpose a portion of the North Road from the Cabra Gate to GHQ as a 2m wide footpath.
- Instillation of one-way cycle lanes on the hard shoulder of Chesterfield Avenue to facilitate 2m social distancing.
- Convert the current cycle lanes adjacent to Chesterfield Avenue into pedestrian footpaths
- Open car parks at 10am daily from the 18th May in line with Phase 1 of the Government of Ireland Roadmap.
- Dedicated parking areas will be provided for those taking early morning exercise.
- Prioritise car parking for Dublin Zoo patrons in conjunction with their phased reopening
- Introduction of pedestrianised & leisure cycle shared space on the Kyber Road.
- Re-open the perimeter vehicular gates at 10am daily from the 8th June in line with Phase 2 of the Government of Ireland Roadmap.
Meanwhile the Green Party want to stop cars travelling through the park entirely.
You can read about that here.
