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Grafton Architects to Design LiffeyTolka Project Dublin Port Company recently appointed Grafton Architects to create a new cycle and pedestrian route to join the River Liffey to the Tolka Estuary. Dublin Port Company recently appointed award-winning Grafton Architects to design the Liffey-Tolka Project, a new cycle and pedestrian route that will join the River Liffey with the Tolka Estuary. The appointment is an important milestone in delivering Masterplan 2040 as the Liffey-Tolka Project has been described as the most important Port-City integration project to date. The Liffey-Tolka Project will create a new public realm along a 1.4km dedicated cycle and pedestrian route linking the River Liffey with the Tolka Estuary through Dublin Port lands on the east side of East Wall Road and along Bond Road. The new linear space ranges from twelve metres to nine metres wide and will be an extension of the campshires on North Wall Quay. Creating a new public realm The Liffey-Tolka Project will bring cyclists and pedestrians from the Liffey to the start of a second Port-City integration project, the Tolka Estuary Greenway.
The Tolka Estuary Greenway is a 3.2km route along the northern perimeter of Dublin Port overlooking the Tolka Estuary. Construction of Phase 1 (1.9km) began in late 2020 and works will be completed by spring 2022. Phase 2 (1.3km) will be constructed over the following five years as part of large port infrastructure projects to deliver additional Ro-Ro freight capacity at the eastern end of Dublin Port. Dublin Port Company will apply to Dublin City Council for planning permission for Grafton Architects’ design for the Liffey-Tolka Project by April 2021, with a target to commence construction by September 2021 and to complete the works by the third quarter of 2022. The new route will include a dedicated bridge for cyclists and pedestrians to safely cross over the busy Promenade Road, the key artery that links Dublin Port to the Dublin Port Tunnel and one of the most heavily trafficked roads in the country. Construction of the new civic space will transcend the opening of the new T4 Ro-Ro freight terminal as part
