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Foynes and Ringaskiddy Motorways

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  • #52
    AugustusMinimus
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    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    OT I know, but Cobh had grand plans for a new 2+2 route from the edge of Fota Island right the way in. It died along with the boom.

    The Belvelly Bridge does the job well enough though for the time being. Could do with peak time traffic lights though.

    A roundabout would be sufficient.


  • #53
    AugustusMinimus
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    This map from the Indo showing proposed service stations seems to indicate that the Foynes road will be dual carriageway on the basis that all the other grey lines on the map are dual carriageways.

    NEWS-service-stations.png


  • #54
    BionicRasher
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    AugustusMinimus wrote: »
    A roundabout would be sufficient.

    Roundabout non runner in Belvelly - not enough room.
    If the road layout was marked correctly it would be fine - needs proper road markings for traffic going in to Fota (over 450,000 visitors a year to Fota means a lot of traffic on that section of road)
    traffic lights also might be needed if there are to be big trucks going in and out of the area for the proposed new metal recycling facility at the former Verolme dockyard in Rushbrooke in Cobh

    Its mad to think that all that traffic goes in and out of the Belvelly area each day and there isn't even a cats eye on the road.

    Maybe the area is better off without a new road in through the west side of Fota island as was planned and that an upgrade of the existing road would be sufficient and allow the area to develop as a proper tourist area rather than have a new road which would bring heavy, dirty and possibly dangerous industry with it.


  • #55
    AugustusMinimus
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    The new road would have hugged the east side of Fota Island and was to be a partial on-line and off-line build.

    Presume the N25 side of the road would have been maintained with a spur coming off the old road somewhere past the entrance to Fota Resort.

    IMG_6634.jpg


  • #56
    spacetweek
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    Back on topic?


  • #57
    BionicRasher
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    Getting out on to the N28 current Ringaskiddy road from Raffeen is a nightmare - I wonder what the figures are for traffic from Shannon Park Roundabout to Ringaskiddy each day?

    I think its a badly needed upgrade with current traffic levels


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