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N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass

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    #32
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,956 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    Are we any closer to getting a start date for this scheme?


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    #33
    Ascii
    Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭Ascii


    spacetweek wrote: »
    Are we any closer to getting a start date for this scheme?


    Tenders to be submitted end of next week, huge step forward.


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    #34
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    who got the contract i wonder


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    #35
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,369 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    macker16 wrote: »
    who got the contract i wonder

    if tenders have to be in by the end of this week, no one yet i guess.


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    #36
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,956 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    Dear Mr. xxx

    Thank you for your email of 13 June 2012 in relation to the above

    The Ballaghaderreen Bypass Scheme is currently out to tender and it is anticipated that the Tender could be awarded in September / October 2012 with start of construction on site in October / Nov 2012.

    Kind regards
    Olivia Morgan
    Programme & Regulatory Unit


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    #37
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,369 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    spacetweek wrote: »
    Dear Mr. xxx

    Thank you for your email of 13 June 2012 in relation to the above

    The Ballaghaderreen Bypass Scheme is currently out to tender and it is anticipated that the Tender could be awarded in September / October 2012 with start of construction on site in October / Nov 2012.

    Kind regards
    Olivia Morgan
    Programme & Regulatory Unit

    lovely time to start digging up fields, it will be a mudfest around then.


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    #38
    Ascii
    Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭Ascii


    Tenders were submitted on Friday last. In the next couple of weeks they should be ready to appoint a contractor


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    #39
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    any clue who got it ?


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    #40
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    macker16 wrote: »
    any clue who got it ?

    If the tenders were submitted on Friday, nobody will know who got it, as nobody *has* got it yet.


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    #41
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    down to 2 contractors at the moment wills and siac


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    #42
    lotusm
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭lotusm


    My money is on Wills Bros... longford done 2 months ahead of schudule... also they done the Charlestown bypass... I be very surprised if its not them Only up the road from there Home Base


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    #43
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    id say you are right wills men around the last month


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    #44
    mhaise
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭mhaise


    macker16 wrote: »
    Waiting for wills to finish the longford bypass;)
    Good news, Wills have finished it two months before due date. Should speed things up now, was on it at weekend at peak time so it saved me 15 minutes at least. Good on the Wills Bros


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    #45
    roadmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭roadmaster


    Any word off this project kicking off?


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    #46
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,956 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    roadmaster wrote: »
    Any word off this project kicking off?
    Contract award in September. Should start shortly after.


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    #47
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    Wills have got the contract.heard from a very good source


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    #48
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    The rest of the N5 is comprised of 2 large schemes.

    Ballaghaderreen to Strokestown
    Bohola to Westport (described)

    Neither will go to construction for many years.


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    #49
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    Dont forget enda will help these along;)


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    #50
    unit 1
    Registered Users Posts: 548 ✭✭✭unit 1


    With castlebar dublin via m6 only 11 minutes more than using the n5 according to aa routeplanner, and the tuam gort even improving the situation with better acess to the m6 then the most important road in mayo is surely the castlebar claremorris road.
    This would allow one to drive cbar dublin going through only 2 towns, ballindine and milltown and the associated bad stretch between them.

    Just think about that for a minute, castlebar, ballindine, milltown, dublin.
    This may be an affordable option while the n5 via carrick on shannon should probably win out eventually for more northerly traffic, and might even save on costs as westport castlebar bohola might not need to be a dc.

    If ek is sensible he will know this but I'd only put it 50/50 that this route will win out on the day.


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    #51
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    unit 1 wrote: »
    With castlebar dublin via m6 only 11 minutes more than using the n5 according to aa routeplanner, and the tuam gort even improving the situation with better acess to the m6 then the most important road in mayo is surely the castlebar claremorris road.
    This would allow one to drive cbar dublin going through only 2 towns, ballindine and milltown and the associated bad stretch between them.

    Just think about that for a minute, castlebar, ballindine, milltown, dublin.
    This may be an affordable option while the n5 via carrick on shannon should probably win out eventually for more northerly traffic, and might even save on costs as westport castlebar bohola might not need to be a dc.

    If ek is sensible he will know this but I'd only put it 50/50 that this route will win out on the day.
    From a previous post:
    Regarding future planning of the N5 into the west of Ireland
    Why was there never an feasibility study done to use the westerly route shown in the attached image in RED as the main single road into this region, instead of proceeding with all the bypasses of Swinford, Charlestown, Ballaghdereen, and now into Roscommon.

    The section in Blue is already done or in the planning stage. The Proposed M17 marked in Green.

    The proposed route shown starts on the M4 and finishing near Bohola or Ballyvary would serve all these places listed above but also provide quicker links for Westport, Castlebar, Ballina, Claremorris, Knock Airport, Ballyhaunis, Castlerea, Roscommon etc etc .

    You would have a single road for this western region which using the population centres marked in green would give sufficient traffic volumes for a motorway. These population centres are dispersing onto M6, N5 and N4 through various routes, this could all be channelled to one road and allow the NRA to concentrate their resources.

    I'd expect the cost differential would not be much more expensive that what the completing of the existing N5 would come to, especially once maintenance of a single road over many is added. The smaller towns would not need bypasses but smaller spur roads, to this main route.

    It also removes the need for a new costly N60 from Castlebar - Claremorris.


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    #52
    [Deleted User]
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    macker16 wrote: »
    Wills have got the contract.heard from a very good source
    Hopefully they will get the M17/18 contract if its re-tendered. At least they will employ locally instead of having imported labour camps:)


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    #53
    stevielenihan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 320 ✭✭stevielenihan


    When will constriction start?


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    #54
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    end of sep


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    #55
    mantua
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭mantua


    Has anyone heard anything about whens its to start and where will they start from, the charlestown side or the frenchpark side? I've heard rumours its going to take 2 1/2 years to finish pure bog they're going through?


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    #56
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    Nothing signed yet


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    #57
    mantua
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭mantua


    Do you mean the start date hasn't been announced yet?? was it not the in or around October the start date?


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    #58
    macker16
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭macker16


    wills has come in with the lowest price but still no one picked for the contract


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    #59
    mantua
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭mantua


    Did the Wills not get the job?? I was told by few lads who work for them they had got it?


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    #60
    roadmaster
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    Id say wills prob be the contractor but the lowest price isnt the only factor. Would this be wills biggest job as a main contractor on there own? I cat remember to many jobs they did over 10km in lenght not being a subie or in a jv? .I dont think work will start till at least november as halcrow who are the clients rep are only putting there team together and theres no sign of a compound anywhere unless its hidden off the main road


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    #61
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    roadmaster wrote: »
    Id say wills prob be the contractor but the lowest price isnt the only factor. Would this be wills biggest job as a main contractor on there own? I cat remember to many jobs they did over 10km in lenght not being a subie or in a jv? .I dont think work will start till at least november as halcrow who are the clients rep are only putting there team together and theres no sign of a compound anywhere unless its hidden off the main road

    They did the Charlestown bypass, Ennis bypass etc


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