N17 Realignment - Thornhill Bridge & Cloonacurra, co. Sligo.

joujoujou

Just started.

http://www.cisireland.com/project/835111/%E2%82%AC19m-n17-realignment-thornhill-bridge-cloonacurra-overlay-contract-2015

[...] This project involves minor road realignment works & pavement overlay and resurfacing works on the N17 National Primary Road and includes the following elements: 1.N17 Realignment Thornhill Bridge; and 2. N17 Cloonacurra Overlay 2015. The N17 Realignment Thornhill Bridge scheme is approximately 0.5km long and is located approximately 1km north of Ballinacarrow village on the N17 National Primary Road. The construction of the road realignment scheme will take place both online and offline within existing greenfield areas. [...] The N17 Cloonacurra Overlay 2015 scheme is approximately 1.86km long and is located directly north of the N17 Realignment Thornhill Bridge scheme. The works includes pre-patching, the regulating of the existing road surface with bituminous material and the placing of AC 20 dense binder course and HRA surfacing course. [...]

[...] Traffic Management will be in place with Major Delays expected. Works are expected to last for 28 weeks. [...]

2.5 kilometres in 28 weeks? :eek:

Truckermal

That's a seriously tight spot if two trucks meet just on the bridge I'm after a few frights down through the years!!

joujoujou

It looks like they're not busy over there at all.

Cones up, single lane traffic for a day or two, minor groundworks at the edge of the road and nothing else.

joujoujou

I am really disappointed. Expected widening and few corners to be cut at least (cutting corners is what I understood "realignment" would mean).

But, so far, they're just doing new surface.

joujoujou

28 weeks long gone and (hopefully) this one will end soon.

https://twitter.com/sligococo/status/752834227096420353

Expect looooooooooooooooong delays.

joujoujou

Wasn't so bad actually.

https://twitter.com/sligococo/status/757958469655883776

marno21

What exactly have they done here?

joujoujou

My English is not good enough to describe that, sorry.

But (as mentioned before) nothing really major.

BronsonTB

They made a big deal out of very little really (Milked 7+ months out of it)......the road user got a new road surface, a slightly less severe corner on approach to the bridge & a fancy new stone wall on the bridge (in the same place the old one was).

Bebo stunnah

BronsonTB wrote: »

They made a big deal out of very little really (Milked 7+ months out of it)......the road user got a new road surface, a slightly less severe corner on approach to the bridge & a fancy new stone wall on the bridge (in the same place the old one was).

And a nice 50km/h speed limit for about 7km. Having travelled from Limerick last month, it's easily the narrowest part of the road between Limerink and Sligo. And still no hard shoulder! The best bit of the work was the alteration of the northbound lane after the bridge where it opens up with an overtaking lane. It now forces all traffic into the left lane, allowing for overtaking, where as before all traffic drove into the right lane and refused to use the 'slow lane' which just formed off to the left.
Other than that and the road surface, zero improvement. Are theyre expecting a new route for that section of road in the near future?

joujoujou

Bebo stunnah wrote: »

[...] The best bit of the work was the alteration of the northbound lane after the bridge where it opens up with an overtaking lane. [...]

100% agree! No more lane hoggers.

Bebo stunnah wrote: »

[...] Are theyre expecting a new route for that section of road in the near future?

Doubt that to be honest - if a new route's planned in the near future, that'd be unlikely to improve anything along the old route (my own opinion though).