Dublin’s Liffey Cycle Route is nearing eight years in the planning stage and there are problems ahead. The 4.7km segregated cycle track would run along the north and south of the quays between Heuston station and the East Link bridge, connecting Phoenix Park to the Point Village.

A new approach announced last month is wrong. The price of new boardwalks — added to avoid removing cars from the quays — is likely to increase the cost of the project by €7.6 million.

Footpaths in some already narrow spots would be squeezed further and trees would be cut down. All of this for a compromised route that would leave cyclists exposed at junctions and include cycle paths not wide enough for even the existing number of