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

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The first underpass on the m17 at coernavean 28/09/16

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Pics around rathmorissy 14/09/1623456789

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The m17 at kilskeagh 01/10/16 looking towards rathmorissy 7.2kmslooking towards tuam 18.3kms

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The m17 at cloondarone 02/10/16 looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuamkilleelaun looking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuam

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The roundabout southwest of Tuam (the West Wing/the start of the Tuam bypass) is half-open.

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The tuam bypass in full starting at the kilmore roundabout next to the west wing 02/10/16 part one234567891011

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The tuam bypass part two 02/10/16131415161718

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The tuam bypass part three 02/10/16 19202122232425262728293031end of the 57.5km project

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RATHMORRISY 04/10/16 Beam lift now complete

Benbecul97

m17, do you work for one of these road-building companies??

m17

Benbecul97 wrote: »

m17, do you work for one of these road-building companies??

No I don't,I'm just keeping you updated on progress

Benbecul97

m17 wrote: »

No I don't,I'm just keeping you updated on progress

You are certainly doing that....you have some interest in it/time to give to it....fair play :cool:

m17

Benbecul97 wrote: »

You are certainly doing that....you have some interest in it/time to give to it....fair play :cool:

It's the biggest project in the west of Ireland,I have an interest since the media coverage has been so poor to date

Benbecul97

Media coverage is poor on all infrastructure projects, not just ones in the west.
They are announced and then that's it until they are opened - unless of course they run into problems.

m17

Motorway to open in 18 month's timehttp://www.clareherald.com/2016/10/gort-to-tuam-motorway-to-be-opened-in-18-months/

marno21

m17 wrote: »

Motorway to open in 18 month's timehttp://www.clareherald.com/2016/10/gort-to-tuam-motorway-to-be-opened-in-18-months/

Just saw this elsewhere, this is a complete non story. Basically a Clare TD asked Shane Ross when the motorway would open and the official line of early 2018 was given. Nothing here we didn't know in 2014.

spacetweek

March 2018 my a*se. Shane didn't even read his notes correctly! It's clearly not going to take another 18 months considering some parts are nearly at final blacktop layer.

marno21

spacetweek wrote: »

March 2018 my a*se. Shane didn't even read his notes correctly! It's clearly not going to take another 18 months considering some parts are nearly at final blacktop layer.

Shane Ross is starting to come across as one of the worst ministers of any kind in living memory. Total and complete joke. Been in the job a few months now and has no idea what's going on.

red bull

marno21 wrote: »

Shane Ross is starting to come across as one of the worst ministers of any kind in living memory. Total and complete joke. Been in the job a few months now and has no idea what's going on.

He should have a chat with Sean Canney

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marno21 wrote: »

Shane Ross is starting to come across as one of the worst ministers of any kind in living memory. Total and complete joke. Been in the job a few months now and has no idea what's going on.

He should follow this forum

Charlie Charolais

spacetweek wrote: »

March 2018 my a*se. Shane didn't even read his notes correctly! It's clearly not going to take another 18 months considering some parts are nearly at final blacktop layer.

some places are blacktopped & look driveable, but some places are still at rockbreaking stage, consider the workers will be going on short time when the time changes at the end of the month for 6 months, it looks like it could be accelerated, but is there any incentive to do so?

serfboard

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

some places are blacktopped & look driveable, but some places are still at rockbreaking stage, consider the workers will be going on short time when the time changes at the end of the month for 6 months, it looks like it could be accelerated, but is there any incentive to do so?

Yes there is.

This project is a stupid PPP. Why stupid? Because the consortium that builds the motorway borrows the money and then charges the government a premium in annual payments. This is an "off-balance sheet" and expensive way for the government to borrow money for infrastructure, when it would be far cheaper for them to borrow it directly. But then we can't 'cos ... /rant

Anyway, the consortium has borrowed the money to build the motorway, but won't get any payments in from the government until the project is finished. The quicker the payments start coming in from the government, the sooner the consortium can start re-paying their loan.

So that's the incentive.

Taytomal

I've noticed the traffic in the mornings on approach to the Coolagh roundabout has been mental lately - every morning backed up at a standstill to the fence at the airport. When the 17/18 opens, any thoughts on how this will be affected with extra traffic from the Gort and Tuam directions?

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Taytomal wrote: »

I've noticed the traffic in the mornings on approach to the Coolagh roundabout has been mental lately - every morning backed up at a standstill to the fence at the airport. When the 17/18 opens, any thoughts on how this will be affected with extra traffic from the Gort and Tuam directions?

It will be back as far as rathmorissy if they don't get there act together

Zubeneschamali

m17 wrote: »

It will be back as far as rathmorissy if they don't get there act together

During schooltimes, yes - but then the Gort/Tuam commuting traffic will start jumping off a junction earlier and using their old approaches.

There isn't much anyone can do until the outer bypass is ready.

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Zubeneschamali wrote: »

During schooltimes, yes - but then the Gort/Tuam commuting traffic will start jumping off a junction earlier and using their old approaches.

There isn't much anyone can do until the outer bypass is ready.

The way that's going it will be 2050

Zubeneschamali

m17 wrote: »

The way that's going it will be 2050

I'm not holding my breath, at any rate.

marno21

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

I'm not holding my breath, at any rate.

It will be ready to go around 2019 unless the planning funding is revoked.

Anyone's guess as to when it begins after that. Gort-Tuam went to tender in 2009 remember.

m17

marno21 wrote: »

It will be ready to go around 2019 unless the planning funding is revoked.

Anyone's guess as to when it begins after that. Gort-Tuam went to tender in 2009 remember.

That's when the country was stone broke remember

m17

RATHMORRISY 06/10/1506/10/16