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M11 - Arklow to Rathnew

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    #632
    L1011
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Sorry I mean the roundabout over the main bridge at junction 8. There is a back road there off it

    That's not under motorway regulations either.


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    #633
    [Deleted User]
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Sorry I mean the roundabout over the main bridge at junction 8. There is a back road there off it
    Yes, i know, that's the one I meant, does it have an name?


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    #634
    prunudo
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    vickers209 wrote: »
    But looking at it the current road through ballinmeesda it will be still there once the road opens and the can access the wood there from the roundabout at beehive??

    That's way it looks to me too. Although there is a lilo ramp on the new northbound lane at ballinamessda but I'm not sure where that's going to.


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    #635
    jd
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    jvan wrote: »
    That's way it looks to me too. Although there is a lilo ramp on the new northbound lane at ballinamessda but I'm not sure where that's going to.

    I think the lilo is a replacement for the gate below!
    https://www.google.com/maps?ll=52.913457,-6.078873&spn=0.213241,0.591202&cbp=12,255.75,,1,8.57&layer=c&panoid=M5PKbikXMeXJ1krkjKXMpA&cbll=52.93823,-6.120141&dg=opt&t=m&z=11


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    #636
    jd
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    Quickelles wrote: »
    I notice this thread is celebrating it's eight birthday..and finally the sod turns?
    I was in my 30's when the thread started, hopefully I won't be in my 50's when the damn road opens :)


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    #637
    JupiterKid
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    Have earthworks actually started yet?


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    #638
    Quickelles
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Have earthworks actually started yet?

    No.

    Apparently they spend several months getting their portacabins in place first.


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    #639
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    Quickelles wrote: »
    No.

    Apparently they spend several months getting their portacabins in place first.
    Plus the ESB, Eircom and other services need to divert their lines & pipes before the construction can start.


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    #640
    jd
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Plus the ESB, Eircom and other services need to divert their lines & pipes before the construction can start.
    I thought this was done already?
    http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/road-closure-for-esb-work-on-n11-27859341.html


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    #641
    Quickelles
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Plus the ESB, Eircom and other services need to divert their lines & pipes before the construction can start.


    Well. They have had eight years to do that.


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    #642
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    Quickelles wrote: »
    Well. They have had eight years to do that.
    "Ah, sure, they're not going to be building that road for a few more years, that can wait!" :pac:

    That's the way it happens when you've got more pressing projects to complete.


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    #643
    Carawaystick
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    There were markers for a power line crossing the site to stop earthworks machinery hitting it,
    Just on the hill at the north end of the arklow bypass


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    #644
    spacetweek
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    Quickelles wrote: »
    Apparently they spend several months getting their portacabins in place first.
    And portaloos!


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    #645
    spacetweek
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    jd wrote: »
    I think the lilo is a replacement for the gate below!
    Just had a look at the existing road in Streetview there. Shocking!


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    #646
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,687 ✭✭✭jd


    Drove to Wexford on Saturday. Construction signs up, with 8 site entrances off the current N11.


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    #647
    Niles
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    Good bit of earthworks evident on the inland side of the existing road at Jack Whites.


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    #648
    JupiterKid
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    Glad to hear that earthworks have finally begun - I wonder if anyone will be able to post a few pics of the work up in this thread before long?


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    #649
    A40D
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    Are there loads of dumptrucks and diggers on site.


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    #650
    JonnyM
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    A40D wrote: »
    Are there loads of dumptrucks and diggers on site.

    no a couple of excavators and i think i seen 1 moxy


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    #651
    A40D
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    JonnyM wrote: »
    no a couple of excavators and i think i seen 1 moxy

    so they haven't really started yet,i applied to Bam for a dump truck driver job and haven't heard anything yet,has anyone else applied ?,and if so have you heard anything ?


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    #652
    claytonie
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    At this stage the earthworks just seem to be preparatory to allow access for other equipment. All along the route all power lines and utilities have been cordoned for health & safety. I will try snap some pics over the coming days on my way home.


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    #653
    A40D
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    im just trying to keep an eye on it,so that if they do start fully on the job,ill know i wasn't successful with my application to Bam, be time then to head over to England as there is quite a few big earthworks jobs going on over there, a few pics would be great,thanks..


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    #654
    vickers209
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    Seem to have started works on the arklow end, 2 excavators are prepping the land removing all shrubbery and that seen another one at red cross turn working away behind the trees.
    Seen a tractor and trailer where the crane yard use to be.

    All the warning barriers for overhead wires seem to be in place all along the route


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    #655
    A40D
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    Any further update on the work that's taking place.


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    #656
    Bullseye1
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    They have cleared quite a bit of shrubbery, hedgerow and some trees. Also erected safety fencing and overheard warning barriers. Early days.


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    #657
    A40D
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    Bullseye1 wrote: »
    They have cleared quite a bit of shrubbery, hedgerow and some trees. Also erected safety fencing and overheard warning barriers. Early days.
    Thanks,i thought they would have been flat out at it by now.


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    #658
    Quickelles
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    A40D wrote: »
    Thanks, I thought they would have been flat out at it by now.

    I think this is the new "flat out"....judging by the leisurely pace of the Luas and various other works going on!


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    #659
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    A40D wrote: »
    Thanks,i thought they would have been flat out at it by now.
    They might well be "flat out" but on unseen areas of the works, like installing drainage and culverts and other below ground stuff before the levelling begins.


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    #660
    wreckless
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    where can a detailed map of the project been seen? any links? thanks


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    #661
    lottpaul
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    wreckless wrote: »
    where can a detailed map of the project been seen? any links? thanks

    http://www.wicklow.ie/apps/wicklowbeta/RoadsTransInfrast/N11%20Rathnew-Arklow.pdf

    courtesy of nordydan in post #614


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