According to the Irish Times a planning applicatyion has been lodged with Dublin City Council for a barge cruise business on the Liffey. The business plans to raise, restore and operate the former Guinness barges on a tourist cruise operating from James Gate. They are also planning a Liffey ferry service and 120 metre floating cobbled street.
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Sounds as loony as the "Suas" ideaOriginally Posted by HanleyS
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The cobbled street? I'd think it's more of a marina or pontoon than anything else. It's not unheard of for these to be made of concrete with boyant material inside. There is a device for making concrete surfaces look like cobbles.Sounds as loony as the "Suas" idea
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Sounds fascinating - considering that the Liffey around St.Jame's Gate is more like a swamp than a river when the tide is out.
Correction. The barges will depart from Heuston. The pontoon will be between Hal'penny and Millenium Bridges. I believe this area dries at low tide. Perhaps they are planning to dredge it.
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This company (ISBFC) is also involved in the floating restaurant in the IFSC and owns the Grand Canal party barge. The majority shareholders in the IFSC floating restaurant are the owners of the Palace and Flannery's on Camden Street.
Planning application details:
Location: River Liffey adjacent to the Ha'Penny Bridge and Heuston Station. Proposed development: installation of floating pontoons to service Guinness Heritage Barges on the River Liffey. The pontoon at Ha'Penny Bridge is on the north wall, upstream of the Ha'Penny Bridge and accessed by two gangways at either end supported by a piled platform outside of the boardwalk structure. The pontoons have a total area of 685sq m (7,373sq ft). The pontoon at Heuston is on the south wall approximately 100 metres upstream of the Sean Heuston Bridge and accessed by one gangway supported by a piled platform. The total area is 220sq m (2,368sq ft). Applicant: Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Company.
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I would love to have our rivers opened up. However I think the big oppertunity is for housing and transport. If the Lee was made navigatable to mahon in cork, alot of traffic could be taken from the roads.
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Isn't the Lee getting commuter ferries?
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Not a chance but I would love the idea. could traverse from Mahon to the city centre quicker than a bus with no stops and no traffic (I think).
Thus on point it woul be good if Dublin get them. This would ease traffic for the reasons i pointed out above
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