M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

Morebypasses

M17. Apologies if you have answered this before (or many times before). In your view what is the earliest date you expect this project (or part of it) to open. Some parts appear to be very advanced.

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The m17 rathmorissy to tuam part one 20/09/16 castlelambert looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamcarthymore looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamkilseagh looking towards tuamlooking towards rathmorissySheeaunpark looking towards tuamlooking towards rathmorissylaraghmore looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamannagh hill looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuam

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Part two brockagh looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamBauilphuil looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamcloondarone looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamkilleelaun looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuam

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Morebypasses wrote: »

M17. Apologies if you have answered this before (or many times before). In your view what is the earliest date you expect this project (or part of it) to open. Some parts appear to be very advanced.

You could be talking about opens till you're blue in the face there are so many different dates at this stage the way it's looking so far tuam bypass may 17, m17 August 17, m18 December17

Baldilocks

3 days out for the politicians to bask in the awesome of being associated with the project.
One for Enda, One for Shane Ross (independents) and one for Fianna Fail (for not bringing the whole thing crumbling down).
It's a small miracle they don't do openings for every metre.

marno21

http://galwaybayfm.ie/county-council-cannot-afford-plans-downgrade-county-roads/

This is ridiculous. It's happened everywhere else in the country because it should do.

Sections of the N17 remaining a national route after this make zero sense.

Are we going to have a national route running through the streets of Tuam? Nowhere else does this happen.

MayoSalmon

marno21 wrote: »

http://galwaybayfm.ie/county-council-cannot-afford-plans-downgrade-county-roads/

This is ridiculous. It's happened everywhere else in the country because it should do.

Sections of the N17 remaining a national route after this make zero sense.

Are we going to have a national route running through the streets of Tuam? Nowhere else does this happen.

Forgive my ignorance but what costs are associated with downgrading a national road to regional status?

spacetweek

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but what costs are associated with downgrading a national road to regional status?

Responsibility for maintaining it passes from the TII to the local council. In this case the route length to be transferred is significant so a commensurate increase in GCC's budget is needed.

marno21

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but what costs are associated with downgrading a national road to regional status?

It becomes the responsibility of the county council instead of TII (who now have the motorway to maintain instead).

Galway County Council, if this was done correctly would now have to take care of N17 north of Tuam to where it meets the N6 in Galway, the N18 from Gort to the junction in Claregalway, the N63 from M17 J2 to Loughgeorge and the N66 (which it seems will be detrunked in its entirity).

Instead it looks like the old N18 from Kilcolgan to Galway will become the N67 (which I don't disagree with - because it has no direct access to the M18), and the current N17 will become a national secondary (pointless nonsense).

marno21

spacetweek wrote: »

Responsibility for maintaining it passes from the TII to the local council. In this case the route length to be transferred is significant so a commensurate increase in GCC's budget is needed.

Reduced traffic - especially HGVs - will mean less maintenance.

The road no longer needs to be maintained to provide 100km/h running either - N17 should be 80km/h after this upgrade is complete.

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The 4th flyover over the m18 will open at turloughtrassa on the 17/10/16

Czhornet

ratracer wrote: »

I've been trying to find when the flyover at Rinneen/ Kiltartan is opening but have had no luck, anyone on here have any idea?

The Kiltartan local road fly over, over the M18 was opened yesterday. 21/09/16

Is this the 3rd to be opened, maybe M17 can confirm.

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Czhornet wrote: »

The Kiltartan local road fly over, over the M18 was opened yesterday. 21/09/16

Is this the 3rd to be opened, maybe M17 can confirm.

Yes that is the 3rd flyover that's now open over the m18 there are 8 more to open along the m18,1 on the m17,1 on the tuam bypass

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The 3rd flyover over the m18 at raheen/kiltartantop of flyoverlooking towards gortlooking towards rathmorissyother side of flyover

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The m18 at kilternan looking towards gortlooking towards rathmorissy(sorry about late pic)

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RATHMORRISY looking south towards gort 24/08/16

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The townland of turloughtrassa where the 4th flyover over the m18 will open on the 17/10/16

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The tuam bypass looking south 25/08/16

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The m18 at toberbrackan looking towards rathmorissylooking towards gort

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The townland of Sheeaunpark where the 10th and final flyover over the m17 will open on the 04/11/16top of flyoverlooking towards tuamlooking towards rathmorissy

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M17 junction 2 annagh hill 25/09/16

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The m18 at Coole green

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The m17 between annagh hill and corofin 25/09/162345

D Trent

m17 wrote: »

RATHMORRISY looking south towards gort 24/08/16

Is there any particular reason why the M17 M18 is an arc shape here?

Please don't tell me it's that "prevents driver fatigue as its not a straight line" bs

Vilnian

As always great photos M17

Any idea what approximately would so far be the overall progress of the whole scheme completed percentage-wise?

Also would anybody know how much of the whole M17/M18 has been paved already?

Regards

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Vilnian wrote: »

As always great photos M17

Any idea what approximately would so far be the overall progress of the whole scheme completed percentage-wise?

Also would anybody know how much of the whole M17/M18 has been paved already?

Regards

The m18 is 27.5kms they have 10kms done,the m17 is 25.5kms they have 16kms done,the tuam bypass is 4.5 kms they have 1.5 kms done as of yesterday 26/09/16

flazio

The 80km/h restrictions have been extended on the M6 eastbound. They now start 2km after J19. Passing through last night all the hard shoulder cones had been moved closer to J19 and the hard shoulder was open again right under the new flyovers.
This have anything to do with this proposed Services stop?

Carawaystick

D Trent wrote: »

Is there any particular reason why the M17 M18 is an arc shape here?

Please don't tell me it's that "prevents driver fatigue as its not a straight line" bs

Is it to stay east of the L3104 and railway overbridge as there's a cluster of houses at the junction of the L3104/R348 There's also a ringfort west of the L3104
aerial photo

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flazio wrote: »

The 80km/h restrictions have been extended on the M6 eastbound. They now start 2km after J19. Passing through last night all the hard shoulder cones had been moved closer to J19 and the hard shoulder was open again right under the new flyovers.
This have anything to do with this proposed Services stop?

Yes it is they have signs up for site access let's hope it will be open when the m17/m18 opens

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The m17 at laraghmore looking towards tuam 27/09/16looking towards rathmorissy