Ashbourne Main Street Refurbishment
Complete refurbishment of Ashbourne Main St – installing natural granite pavements and major upgrade to walking and cycling facilities. Winner of Enhancing the Urban Environment Award at the 2016 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards
Client
Meath County Council
Consultant
Clifton Scannell Emerson & Associates
Location
Ashbourne, Co. Meath
This project resulted in the complete refurbishment of the entire main street of the busy commuter town of Ashbourne. In Phase 1 JCL installed primarily natural stone paving along with major service upgrades. Phase 2 centred around the installation of new concrete footpaths and separated cycle tracks
Key Features
- 10,000m3 excavation across the entire site
- 750m of Drainage pipelines, ranging from 225mm – 450mm diameter installed in the live road with 90 new gullies and connections
- 9,000m of ducting and all associated chambers– including traffic signals, ESB, public lighting and communications, all in urban locations
- 7,000m2 road surfacing and 3,000m cycle track surfacing
- 1,200m of natural granite kerbs and 3,700m2 of granite paving – 1400m2 of 80mm thick precast paving was also installed for trafficked areas and crossings
- 2,500m of concrete kerbs with 4,000m2 concrete footpaths
- Major traffic signals installation with three new junctions and two pedestrian crossings
- New public lighting network with 45 new lighting columns
- Street furniture and soft landscaping
- Major pedestrian and traffic management throughout the course of the project
- Substantial third party liaison notably with local residents and businesses
- Winner of Enhancing the Urban Environment Award at 2016 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards