N59 - Westport to Mulranny [part under construction]

Amtmann · 19-09-2010 8:20pm #1

This is a 26.8km upgrade of the N59, mostly online. It is at the preliminary design stage.

A contract was tendered in June 2010 for a detailed topographical survey.

The route is as follows:

Potential offline sections are clearly visible as divergent red lines.

Sponge Bob · 20-09-2010 7:54am

Not forgetting N59 Ballina Bypass and N59 Oughterard Clifden and N59 Crossmolina Ballina are we Furet??

afatbollix · 10-11-2015 1:43am

As this thread is 5 years old Ive been told that they might change the route out of Westport. They have started in the Newport end taking out a hill and building a bridge at the Green house.

Anyone have a updated route maps?

L1011 · 10-11-2015 11:31am

http://www.regdesign.com/?page_id=1064 has been updated a number of times since 2010.

afatbollix · 22-12-2015 7:11pm

I was back home last week and took some pics.

They are building a bridge at Carrigaun and then taking a hill out of it and back out the other side. I've never seen such a big hill being taken out of it.

irishgeo · 31-12-2015 11:35am

afatbollix wrote: »

I was back home last week and took some pics.

They are building a bridge at Carrigaun and then taking a hill out of it and back out the other side. I've never seen such a big hill being taken out of it.

thats not the worst part of the road either.

Subpopulus · 31-12-2015 4:50pm

Bit of drone footage going as well. It's a fine size of a cutting.

https://vimeo.com/139982968

afatbollix · 04-01-2016 3:16pm

irishgeo wrote: »

thats not the worst part of the road either.

They were doing test drilling at the Killmeena community centre & the bad bends coming out of Westport before Christmas. No idea if the money is there to finish it all the way to Westport but at least they will have the survey done.

JupiterKid · 04-01-2016 11:38pm

Are they working on this road now?

Kristopherus · 04-01-2016 11:45pm

JupiterKid wrote: »

Are they working on this road now?

Yes.

Subpopulus · 07-01-2016 12:56am

afatbollix wrote: »

They were doing test drilling at the Killmeena community centre & the bad bends coming out of Westport before Christmas. No idea if the money is there to finish it all the way to Westport but at least they will have the survey done.

The County Council got Transport Infrastructure Ireland money to do this this year. I'm not too familiar with the area so I don't know the how extensive the work will be but there was a few million put towards it. If you look at the TII website you can see the 2016 allocations for each county.

afatbollix · 21-03-2016 11:49pm

New drone video.

https://vimeo.com/159645861

duckcfc · 22-03-2016 7:45pm

Anyone know who has the contract for this?

annfield1978 · 25-03-2016 10:26pm

duckcfc wrote: »

Anyone know who has the contract for this?

Passed through today, WILLS Bros

duckcfc · 26-03-2016 1:41pm

annfield1978 wrote: »

Passed through today, WILLS Bros

Any links to my t or is that just word of mouth

annfield1978 · 26-03-2016 4:20pm

duckcfc wrote: »

Any links to my t or is that just word of mouth

WILLS Sign boards at start and end of scheme

nordydan · 13-07-2016 6:45pm

Just to bump this. I drove from Westport to Achill yesterday and there was an impressive amount going on here (plus about 3/4 stop/start lights on this). Big job for rural Mayo.

spacetweek · 17-07-2016 4:57pm

nordydan wrote: »

Just to bump this. I drove from Westport to Achill yesterday and there was an impressive amount going on here (plus about 3/4 stop/start lights on this). Big job for rural Mayo.

Can you give us approx start and end points?

marno21 · 24-12-2016 3:24am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvlY0JCBp5Q

Aerial footage, lot of earthworks in this scheme.

afatbollix · 26-12-2016 9:09pm

Was back for Christmas and got drive it. It's open but the huge hill they cut out is having some land slides. Not sure what they will do but they were tidying it up. They were putting up fences up and clearing areas near Westport to get rid of the very bad bends nearer the town.

Vilnian · 26-12-2016 10:14pm

Any ideas when this whole project is due to be finished?

JupiterKid · 18-02-2017 12:36am

Drove this road a few times in the past few days. Westport to Newport is about 60% done, section closer to Westport still needs upgrading. No obvious major improvements between Newport and Mulranny but surface is OK and good reflectors on the road.

irishgeo · 18-02-2017 12:39am

JupiterKid wrote: »

Drove this road a few times in the past few days. Westport to Newport is about 60% done, section closer to Westport still needs upgrading. No obvious major improvements between Newport and Mulranny but surface is OK and good reflectors on the road.

the section closer to westport is being fenced now.

marno21 · 18-02-2017 12:40am

JupiterKid wrote: »

Drove this road a few times in the past few days. Westport to Newport is about 60% done, section closer to Westport still needs upgrading. No obvious major improvements between Newport and Mulranny but surface is OK and good reflectors on the road.

This is being done in small chunks as funding is available, the last funding available was the Rossow Bends section.

Next up is the section between Newport and the townland of Derrada out towards Mullranny.

Is the section between the recently done section and Newport done?

marno21 · 23-09-2017 11:10am

N59 Derrada-Newport section getting environmental assessed. 4.7km

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase.asp?PID=119034

marno21 · 17-12-2017 9:40pm

Latest section, N59 Kilmeena realignment, has gone to tender

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=122877&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

afatbollix · 18-12-2017 8:59pm

I'm back next week but how are they doing with the bit outside Westport?

marno21 · 03-05-2018 4:13pm

marno21 wrote: »

N59 Derrada-Newport section getting environmental assessed. 4.7km

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase.asp?PID=119034

Now looking for structural consulants:

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=128579&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders

Will likely proceed to construction when the section at Kilmeena is done. 2020 would be my bet.

Kristopherus · 03-05-2018 4:18pm

marno21 wrote: »

2020 would be my bet.

Hopefully no rare snails or frogs are found there in the meantime:D

marno21 · 03-05-2018 4:18pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

Hopefully no rare snails or frogs are found there in the meantime:D

Scheme has planning permission so they shouldn't be an issue.

spacetweek · 05-05-2018 9:27pm

Has the part north of Westport been done or not? Can see only site prep on Google Maps. WOuld have expected newly realigned road to be marked in by now. OSM also doesn't have it.

marno21 · 05-05-2018 10:45pm

spacetweek wrote: »

Has the part north of Westport been done or not? Can see only site prep on Google Maps. WOuld have expected newly realigned road to be marked in by now. OSM also doesn't have it.

Not yet. Don't forget the N5-N59 link will be going in there somewhere in the next few years also.

The next section up is the Kilmeena realignment which is at tender stage.

marno21 · 30-07-2018 1:55pm

N59 Kilmeena awarded to Careys: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=122877&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=2&PP=ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders

marno21 · 19-09-2018 10:48pm

Tender gone out for ground investigation Newport-Derrada

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=135473&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

HabibiLibnen · 14-01-2019 1:40am

Does anybody know if the section of the N59 immediately north of Westport will be included in the N5 upgrade due to start later this year? Surely they can't leave this woefully dangerous section as it is? I've attached a screenshot below. Barleyhill is lethal especially during peak summer season and in wet weather.

marno21 · 14-01-2019 1:59am

HabibiLibnen wrote: »

Does anybody know if the section of the N59 immediately north of Westport will be included in the N5 upgrade due to start later this year? Surely they can't leave this woefully dangerous section as it is? I've attached a screenshot below. Barleyhill is lethal especially during peak summer season and in wet weather.

Scope of the N5 upgrade is in this map here: http://www.regdesign.com/?page_id=493

HabibiLibnen · 14-01-2019 2:15am

marno21 wrote: »

Scope of the N5 upgrade is in this map here: http://www.regdesign.com/?page_id=493

Based on that map it won't be included. : /

DumbBrunette · 14-01-2019 9:03am

It is included, based on length of SC road described in N5 tender

HabibiLibnen wrote: »

Based on that map it won't be included. : /

afatbollix · 20-01-2019 9:35pm

They have already fenced off the area they are building the new road. I also seen them doing test drillings about a year ago all over the hill.

Be glad when they rid of them bends.

DumbBrunette · 02-02-2019 12:55pm

HabibiLibnen wrote: »

Based on that map it won't be included. : /

Further confirmation that the bad bends at barleyhill on the N59 will be included in N5 project in this article:

http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/105502/barley-hill-action-is-urgently-required-or-lives-could-be-lost

DumbBrunette · 02-02-2019 1:00pm

This will run straight into realignment currently underway at kilmeena, so when it's all done in (hopefully) early 2022, there'll be a great road from Newport to Westport to Turlough, as follows Type 3 single, type 2 single, type 2 dual, type 1 single.

marno21 · 02-02-2019 9:38pm

DumbBrunette wrote: »

Further confirmation that the bad bends at barleyhill on the N59 will be included in N5 project in this article:

http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/105502/barley-hill-action-is-urgently-required-or-lives-could-be-lost

That article reads to me that it won't be done as part of the major, that the contractor for the N5 scheme will be appointed and after that they will push TII to get the Westport-Kilmeena N59 section advanced?

DumbBrunette · 02-02-2019 10:22pm

marno21 wrote: »

That article reads to me that it won't be done as part of the major, that the contractor for the N5 scheme will be appointed and after that they will push TII to get the Westport-Kilmeena N59 section advanced?

The final two paragraphs are key, it clearly states barleyhill is part of a bigger project (the N5) for which a contractor is being appointed in Q3. The journalist just didn't make the connection.

It backs up the details in the tender for the N5, the length of SC mentioned in the tender shows it must include barleyhill -
https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=129639&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

marno21 · 02-02-2019 10:30pm

I stand corrected.

DumbBrunette · 03-02-2019 12:10am

marno21 wrote: »

I stand corrected.

As a Westport person, that map is a thing of beauty ðŸ˜႒

marno21 · 15-10-2019 1:31pm

With the Cabinet approval of the N5 scheme today, the Westport-Kilmeena phase of this project will be starting before the end of the year

afatbollix · 22-10-2019 6:06pm

Only 1 bridge to be made wider and then the section they are working on at the moment should be finished soon.

Is there a plan for a Westport bypass? Out to Louisburgh?

marno21 · 22-10-2019 6:31pm

afatbollix wrote: »

Only 1 bridge to be made wider and then the section they are working on at the moment should be finished soon.

Is there a plan for a Westport bypass? Out to Louisburgh?

Northern bypass of the town as part of the new scheme. The new N5 scheme is really “Kilmeena-Castlebar East” rather than Westport-Turlough

Neworder79 · 23-10-2019 12:02pm

afatbollix wrote: »

Only 1 bridge to be made wider and then the section they are working on at the moment should be finished soon.

Is there a plan for a Westport bypass? Out to Louisburgh?

A corridore for a bypass from new N5 roundabout at Corrib oil to R330, N59(South) and ending R335 Louisberg road is protected in Westport town plan.

However it doesn't seem to have any priority. I'd imagine traffic levels were higher on northern part. But with N59 Wild Atlantic Way tourism route and heavy congestion in town in summer it may become necessary.

23-10-2019 1:49pm

Neworder79 wrote: »

A corridore for a bypass from new N5 roundabout at Corrib oil to R330, N59(South) and ending R335 Louisberg road is protected in Westport town plan.

However it doesn't seem to have any priority. I'd imagine traffic levels were higher on northern part. But with N59 Wild Atlantic Way tourism route and heavy congestion in town in summer it may become necessary.

Would make getting to the beaches that much easier. Not that you'd want to be there today.

afatbollix · 01-11-2019 12:01am

Years ago the town closed bridge st and it was great being able to hang out on the street some cafes put out some tables and bars used the street but the traffic was horrendous on the other streets.

I went to a commerce meeting and I was the only one to say it was a good idea and to be honest it was a bad idea with out a by pass in place.

N59 - Westport to Mulranny [part under construction]

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