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M8 Cullahill - Portlaoise

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  • 24-10-2006 10:16pm
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    Chris_533976
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    One of the last (and most important) links in the N8 chain.

    Its been put back to a Summer 2007 start, emailed the NRA about it the other day.

    And about the motorway designations.... the official line seems to be that the whole route will be recommended for a 120kmh speed limit, its all built to motorway/hqdc standard, but only part of the route will be classified M. The rest will be N, even though the junction numberings will be present as if it were one classification.


    So in summary. 2007 start for Cullahill-Portlaoise, and a patchwork mixture of N/M classification for the whole route.
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    Danno
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    M7 to Aghaboe - then N7/N8 dual c'way


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    spacetweek
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    Danno wrote:
    M7 to Aghaboe - then N7/N8 dual c'way
    It's M8 as far as Urlingford. 40 km of route 8 will be motorway and 109 km dualler. That's 27% motorbhealach.


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    Our man in Havana
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    Is it not going to be the M7 going towards Borris in Ossory/Roscrea/Nenagh?


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    popebenny16
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    Is it not going to be the M7 going towards Borris in Ossory/Roscrea/Nenagh?

    AFAIK yes it is.


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    jank
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    Id say once the route is done we will have 120 kph on all of it but not up to M8 as to leave learners and farmers onto the road.

    Cant wait for this route to complete what was once a 4+ hour journey should be a 2+ hour journey.


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