Service Announcements
As part of ongoing hard landscape works on campus, we will be carrying out essential maintenance on the pathway located opposite the Pavilion Bar (close to the Chemistry Building).
To facilitate these works it will be necessary to close the pathway in question for a period of four days from Tuesday 14th January to Friday 17th January.
An alternative pedestrian route will be available via the entrance to the Chemistry Building.
Signage will be in use to assist those using the area.
Please note restrictions to the width of pedestrian access to Printing House Square will be in place from Friday January 17th to Wednesday January 22nd for the installation of a steel structure at the side of the Printing House.
This work is required to enable the completion of the Book of Kells Experience Project.
Temporary restrictions will be in place between Library Square and The Old Library for approximately a week commencing on January 9th 2025 from 8am.
Pedestrian access will be maintained, vehicle access will be restricted at the works location noted below.
We thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve the College’s built environment.
Due to essential roadwork maintenance on campus, it will be necessary to close the roadway outside House 39 (New Square East) from 09.00hrs. on Tuesday 17th December to 18.00hrs. on Thursday 19th December 2024. Parking will not be available in this area during this time.
Pedestrian access/egress to and from the Book of Kells Experience will be maintained.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused during these essential works.
Temporary restricted vehicle and pedestrian access at the roadway adjacent to the School of Botany on Tuesday, December 17th
Temporary restricted vehicle and pedestrian access is necessary for the installation of services for the Book of Kells Experience Project.
Access will remain open, but the width of the roadway will be reduced on Tuesday, December 17th.
Some restrictions on vehicle movements will be required. Extended opening hours will be provided at the Pearse Street Gate.
Temporary restricted pedestrian access to Printing House Square is necessary for the installation of services and a new entrance structure at the Printing House.
Access to Printing House Square will remain open but the width of the path will be reduced from Monday, December 9th to Monday, December 23rd.
This work is required to enable the completion of the Book of Kells Experience Project.
We thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve the College’s built environment.
Recent changes in and around New Square have focussed high volumes of pedestrian traffic to its South and West sides in particular. Traffic studies of the area have been undertaken which recommend necessary adjustments to ensure our best use of the area going forward. The adjustments are driven from a health and safety perspective in the context of College providing appropriate arrangements for reasonable prevention of vehicle transport associated accidents, and in doing so, ensuring that we are providing suitable layouts appropriate for both vehicle and pedestrian activities.
Alterations to the roadway at New Square will take place in December which will introduce pedestrianisation to its South and West sides, consequently altering existing traffic routes and reducing a small amount of parking spaces. Each element of this is set out in greater detail as follows:
Pedestrianisation:
- Flexible bollards will be installed at necessary junctures to prevent cars from using both the South and West sides of New Square. Consequently, only pedestrians will be able to access these sides of New Square. However, as the bollards will be flexible, they would allow access by emergency services vehicles should the need ever arise.
Alteration to Traffic Routes:
- Whereas currently traffic can drive around all four sides of New Square, the installation of the bollards will impact traffic routes in two ways:
- The East side of New Square will now be a cul-de-sac and
- Vehicular access to both Library Square and Front Square, West of the Rubrics, will only be possible via the road to the North of New Square, past Printing House
Car Parking Reduction:
- Consequent to the alterations outlined, parking spaces formerly between the Museum Building and New Square will be removed. In doing so, we will provide a safer environment for all staff, students and visitors who use this route
- In parallel, it should not be forgotten that in creating this pedestrianisation and reducing car parking spaces, it brings a positive incremental step towards achieving a strategic objective within our Sustainability Action Plan (https://www.tcd.ie/sustainability/initiatives/sustainable-transport/)
Whilst acknowledging the impact any change has upon us all, we trust that the benefits of the alterations is self-evident, and that the College community will support them.
Notification –Closure of access to the Campanile and pathway to the Rubrics from June 17th.
We are commencing essential repair and maintenance conservation works to the Campanile tower, including masonry repairs, repair to ironwork elements, repair of the historic entrance door, and minor maintenance alterations.
During these works there is a requirement to mount scaffolding around the tower and secure the surroundings areas. We will require additional space during the erection of the scaffolding at Parliament (Front) Square.
The Library Square pathway will be closed to pedestrian access from Parliament Square for the duration of the project.
We thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve the College’s built environment.