[PR] Cullen Turns Sod on N25 Kinsalebeg Road Project

Victor

http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp?id=7070&lang=ENG&loc=1850

Cullen Turns Sod on N25 Kinsalebeg Road Project
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7 November 2005

"Connecting communities, promoting prosperity"

Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen, T.D. today (Monday, 7th November 2005) turned the sod on the N25 Kinsalebeg road project. The project will eliminate a narrow section of the national primary route N25 making a significant improvement on the Wexford to Cork Route corridor.

The N25, also known as the Euroroute E30 is the main traffic artery that links Rosslare Harbour to Cork, involves the construction of 2.6km of standard single carriageway with associated junctions and access roads. Its upgrading forms part of our strategic national roads policy of improving the primary and secondary road networks as provided for in the NDP.

Minister said: "Coupled with the major upgrade projects which have been completed on the N25 in recent years, this realignment will help to improve greatly the access from the ports of Rosslare, Waterford and New Ross along the "Atlantic Corridor" to Cork, Limerick, Galway up to Donegal. The recent increases in trade coming through these ports as well as the growing tourism business in the South and the Southeast generally will have a very positive impact that will be shared and enjoyed socially, economically and environmentally throughout the entire region."

Among the direct benefits to the people and businesses along the N25 route include:



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Contribute to the provision of a consistent standard of national road;
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Improve safety levels, transit times and level of service;
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Reduce vehicle/pedestrian/cyclist conflict;
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Reduce travel times and improve access between Rosslare Harbour and Cork
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Reduce accident rates along this section of the road, and
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Provide significant environmental benefits with the reduction of noise and air pollution.

Minister Cullen spoke of the excellent progress that this Government has made in the national road infrastructure. "We took the critical strategic decision to link Dublin and all our main cities with motorways and we have made major progress on achieving that objective. Of course, challenges remain. Our population is growing; as we become more prosperous, the number of two car households is increasing; and lifestyles are changing. These and many other factors do impact on transport infrastructure. But these are the challenges presented by a successful economy. Transport 21 is a recognition of the changing Ireland.



"In recent years, we have put in place the first sustained programme to develop the transport infrastructure of modern Ireland. In Transport 21, we are proposing to accelerate this process further in order to deliver a transport infrastructure which supports economic activity across the nation and which enhances the quality of life of every citizen. Transport 21 is a plan which seizes the historic opportunity to complete the transformation of our country. It is designed to build a 21st Century infrastructure for a 21st Century country. And critically, it will connect communities and promote prosperity for generations to come.

"The position in relation to the national roads programme overall is that huge progress is being made in upgrading the network throughout the country. Since 2000, 54 schemes have been completed to date, including major projects on the M1 from Dublin to Dundalk, N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road, N11 Glen of the Downs, M50 South Eastern Motorway. Work is underway on others such as Ennis, Loughrea, and Ballyshannon/Bundoran Bypasses.

"The elimination of bottlenecks that towns such as Kildare, Monasterevin and Cashel had been noted for previously, will allow road users to plan journeys with greater certainty. A total of 376kms including 218kms to motorway/ dualcarriageway standard have been completed and construction is underway on another 21 projects - a total of 229kms with 168kms to motorway/ dualcarriageway standard. We are now beginning to reap the benefits of the greatly increased levels of investment in the national roads programme."

This project is budgeted to cost €10 million and is due to be completed in Spring 2007.

Chris_533976

Put a ****ing Motorway in and stop dicking about with single lane roads on major intercity routes

Victor

Chris_533976 wrote:

Put a ****ing Motorway in and stop dicking about with single lane roads on major intercity routes

I sense anger in this one ....

dowlingm

I don't know how familiar you are with that stretch but having travelled it myself it is jammed between a hill and the sea - it's going to be tough to widen that any more than the NRA seem to be doing here.

mike65

If thats the section running alongside Blackwater estuary then there's sod all room for a multilane road. Nor is one required to be honest. What I would like to see is some money spent on the road surface from west of Youghal to Midleton. It contrasts badly with the Co Waterford section.

Mike.