N62 - Thurles Bypass

marno21

https://tippfm.com/featured/thurles-bypass-part-of-new-national-development-plan/

Shovel ready by 2030 according to Michael Lowry

veryangryman

If there's one man we can trust at their word it's him

elperello

Irish Independent and other outlets reporting on it too.

Seems to be true.

‘Great news’ as Tipperary bypass project back on track | Irish Independent https://share.google/DcxkTE0G6ikSmuA8P

road_high

they love these “big announcements” and the illusion created that they’re doing something. Reality is a few crayons will be drawn on a map. Construction won’t start until the year dot. If ever

Just look at the list of other bypasses far more advanced than this one- still waiting

Perfidious Cretin

It's a no brainer to get Thurles bypassed. The square and roads onto it are a joke at the best of times. Add in multiple HGVs and it becomes a dangerous shi1tshow.

road_high

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124001906#Comment_124001906

it’s a no brainer also for a list of other towns as long as your arm. Unfortunately this regime has sat on infrastructure for over a decade barely ticking over with the odd project. It’s a mystery as to what they squandered our recent tax takes and windfalls on when the likes of this should have been progressing to construction

Pale Red

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124002070#Comment_124002070

The "lost decade" mantra would be true if we had a health budgetary position for those years. Remember the N/M20 was pulled from planning as the government had a massive budget deficit and had no money or ability to borrow (despite reducing various expenditure and introducing new taxes and increasing existing taxes). The pipeline of projects was set aside and the long planning process had to be done again. I think the trioka got it wrong by not funding infrastructure projects.

The problem from the "lost decade" was a collapse in construction employment leading to a drop in construction related taxes (13% vat on new builds and the workers income tax) and the surge in unemployment payments. Hopefully the much talked about risk of a dive in corporation tax will, if it happens, be a slow decline over many years. It will not be accompanied by 100,000 newly unemployed people.