R-roads

loyatemu

who's responsible for R (regional) roads?

I assume its the individual county councils, but theres definitely a case for bringing them under some sort of central control as the quality of the roads, and (in particular) the signposting on them is wildly variable. I know theres limited funding available but at the very least the signposting should be upgraded to a uniform standard and the road number should be on the signposts at every junction.

I was driving in south wexford last week and couldn't believe the ****e quality of the some the (supposedly) classified roads - they were little better than boreens, they frequently didn't get priority at junctions with minor roads and signposting was practically non-existent making it impossible to follow the route without a detailed map.

by contrast some other R roads (eg the one that runs from Gorey to Wexford) are excellent.

road_high

Definitely many of the R roads too are good, with some nice long wide stretches- in fact far better than many of the National Secondary and even Primary (eg N9) routes, and often busier as well..
Think it is up to individual co co's to seek funding for upgrade works, unlike N roads which fall under the NRA.

icdg

Yep, R-roads are local authority maintained. There are actually some rather good R-roads out there, including the R113, R136, and R445, all of which have dual carrigeways for some of there lenght. Classification is not really an indication of the actual standard of the road, but rather how important the route is in the national scheme of things.

Chris_533976

The system is a recipe for disaster. Half of Cobh Island (the bit that isnt the town) is under the control of Glanmire (or Midleton, not sure which). As you could guess, they dont give a flying **** about the roads out there. So the roads there are a maze of potholes and inadequate tarring.

road_high

How bout a Regional Roads Authority??? Or would that just bring more pointless red-tape.....

The speed-limits (80kmh) on many of the R roads are a joke when much of the roads are of a higher standard than N roads.

Our man in Havana

mfitzy wrote:

How bout a Regional Roads Authority??? Or would that just bring more pointless red-tape.....

But then the county councils would have nothing to do.

mfitzy wrote:

The speed-limits (80kmh) on many of the R roads are a joke when much of the roads are of a higher standard than N roads.

The County councils are free to raise the limits to 100km/h but so far none have availed of this option. Most of the R445 (which is the former N7) is suitable for 100km/h but the various councils involved are not interested in restoring the 100km/h limit.