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N6 - Moate etc bypass motorway stuff

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  • 12-04-2008 11:26am
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    Chris_533976
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    Just wondering. With the Carlow Bypass opening as M9, could people in and around the Moate area keep an eye on the soon-to-be-opened N6 build to see if blue signs go up from the start. I'd hope this would open as M given the M9 thing, but you never know in this country. Can people keep a heads-up or is there any news from there about it?


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    There are some Blue signs at the Moate / Clara Junction.
    But the Athlone bypass section is likely to remain as an N road.


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    icdg
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    I travelled to Tullamore recently and there were no signs of motorway reclassification at J5 (Tullamore/Kilbeggan) which is the current terminus of the N6 HQDC, but these signs might be the last to go up just before opening, particularly if reclassification of J2-J5 comes at the same time.


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    Chris_533976
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There are some Blue signs at the Moate / Clara Junction.
    But the Athlone bypass section is likely to remain as an N road.

    Yeah Athlone will stay as N for now. No point spending money updating that to M until other, more needed schemes are done.

    Good tho that the Moate scheme looks like opening as M.


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    cgc5483
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    Chris_533976 wrote: »
    Just wondering. With the Carlow Bypass opening as M9, could people in and around the Moate area keep an eye on the soon-to-be-opened N6 build to see if blue signs go up from the start. I'd hope this would open as M given the M9 thing, but you never know in this country. Can people keep a heads-up or is there any news from there about it?

    A related question. Anyone got a date or an idea when the kilbeggan to athlone part of N6 will be opening?


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    Officially late Summer and looking at the current state of the works near Athlone, that will be about right.


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    Chris_533976
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    All the schemes have been slowed down by the monumentally **** weather we've been having. Its much easier to dig and build when its dry than when everything turns into a quagmire.


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