Option C: Finglas to North Wall

Option C : Finglas to North Wall

Option C commences at the Finglas substation and crosses under M50 onto North Road. The crossing methodology envisaged is Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). From here the route crosses North Park industrial estate and cuts across the open space towards the North Road. The route then follows the Casement road and following an existing circuit via Mellowes park. The route then crosses the R103 via the rear of the Finglas sports and fitness centre. The route continues south on the Finglaswood Road turning east onto the Cappagh Road and down Patrickswell Place. The route follows Casement Road south, and cuts through the park, over St Helena’s Road and the R102 (Tolka Valley road) and into Tolka Valley Park. Here the route crosses the Tolka River. The crossing methodology is likely to be HDD.

The route crosses Ballyboggan Road to Broombridge Road. At the Royal Canal, the route follows the Royal Canal Way in an easterly direction. This section could be delivered in conjunction with Royal Canal upgrades phase.
The route travels along Royal Canal Way, passing under the rail lines after Broombridge Station and over the rail lines travelling towards the Phoenix Park tunnel.

The route crosses the Royal Canal on the N1 bridge to the southern side of the Royal Canal. The route runs under two overhead walkways that access Croke Park. After crossing North Stand Road, the route crosses the Royal Canal onto Irish Rail land. The crossing methodology envisaged is HDD. At the junction with East Wall Road, the route turns north onto East Wall Road and then east onto Alexandra Road as far as the North Wall substation.

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