44 | Dublin Port Yearbook 2021
Paving the Road to Success Dublin Port Company is engaged in a three-year multi-million upgrade of the road system within the North Port estate. Work on Dublin Port Company’s €27 million Internal Roads Project will be completed in 2021, the culmination of a three-year capital project which involves the creation and upgrading of nearly four kilometres of road within the Port area. “The driver of the project was to significantly improve the existing road network within the Port so as to provide the capacity to deliver Masterplan 2040 and the major predicted increases in cargo traffic,” explains Brendan Considine, Capital Programme Director, Dublin Port Company. The project involves:
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Upgrading and rebuild of large elements of the road network that had suffered deterioration due to very heavy volumes of HGVs.
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Re-design and rebuild of major junctions so as to increase handling capacity and so minimise traffic bottlenecks. This includes three new roundabouts.
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Creation of a major new road artery, plus connecting roads, on the north side of the Port along the Tolka Estuary. This will provide a more direct route from the Dublin Port Tunnel to the Ro-Ro terminals at the east of the Port, and will relieve pressure on Tolka Quay Road, which currently serves this area.
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Provision of a six-lane traffic stacking area at the east of the Port, upstream of a new combined series of check-in booths for all outbound Irish Ferries and Stena Line traffic.
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A Port-wide signage project involving 50 new or replacement signs.
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Introduction of improved pedestrian and cycle facilities, as well as Belisha beacon crossings.
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Diversion or relaying of major utility services routes, including one of the main underground ESB high voltage lines which serves the north of the City.
