A random waffle thread?

Berty wrote: »

So the new junction at Conlans/Northern Trust is really helping that roundabout BUT it's creating havoc on the approach to the flyover at rush hour. Most of the traffic wants to exit Southbound(Galway direction) onto the M7 so creates a massive backlog right to the roundabout. So, like me when you come off the roundabout and you want to be in the left lane to go Northbound(Dublin direction) you're trapped in the merging lanes.

So many people are now crossing the Chevrons from the left into the right lane making it even harder to get left. Now as I've seen it, to no surprise, people fly up the left lane and force their way into the right at the top. In my opinion people should either go out the old Ballysimon Road and come back towards the Flyover from the Tipperary side OR go all the way to the next roundabout and double back.

So we gained a better moving roundabout but just moved the traffic issues further up the road.

It's an awful pity 2 lanes outbound from the Ballysimon Road weren't retained with the Northern Trust traffic merging. The Northern Trust side is now freeflow
but as you say it causes havoc in the right hand lane with everyone trying to turn right onto the M7 westbound.

They have adjusted the lights at the flyover also as there is now more of a queue on the M7 eastbound off ramp queueing to turn right onto the N24. The main issue with the junction is there's now direct conflict between 2 of the heavier movements (R527 -> M7W and M7E -> N24).

In fairness, for traffic coming outbound from UL towards the roundabout it's now much better. Overall I think the slip has given us a net benefit as outbound traffic from UL was chronic.

Long term the UL situation needs to be addressed, slip lanes aren't the solution. Mornings now @ 8:40 the traffic entering UL is backed up the Dublin Road beyond Aldi coming from town, and out the Groody road as far as Caislean na hAbhainn with a further queue from the M7 flyover down to the roundabout at Conlans.