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Unread 12-05-2006, 13:36   #20
Peter Turner
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Originally Posted by thomasjstamp
Why didnt they go for the ones that have been built in Portlaosie, Templemore and Thurles? They are fully accessable and a lot tidier and better looking.
Well, where do I start? Accessibility I will give you, tidier I will give you and better looking perhaps on a Dart line but they do look out of place in the old stations like Portlaoise. However they did not think very much about the time it takes to get over these bridges either. I have gone over these bridges with noone in front of me and STILL taken longer to cross than someone starting at the same time and with billions (slightly exaggerated) of people in front of them. I would say less than 5% of people use the new bridge over the old one (at Portlaoise anyway).

Now we like to collect time-wasting bridges here in Portlaoise. Anyone ever see that blue bridge that goes for miles in one direction then miles back in the other (for wheelchairs of course) but everyone just crosses the road using the pedestrian crossing provided?
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