Safety takes the shine off O'Connell Street

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / June 4 2004: Safety takes the shine off O'Connell Street

Dublin's new-look O'Connell Street is to be sandblasted because buses are skidding dangerously on its shiny granite surface. Dublin Bus has raised concerns about the street, which only recently emerged from the chaos of Luas construction and a multi-million euro regeneration project. Now the city council has admitted there is a problem and says it will have to sandblast the eye-catching granite surface. The bus company wrote to the council after two recent incidents. In one, a bus skidded as soon as the driver hit the brakes.

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