N24 - Cahir to Limerick Junction [design and planning underway]

KrisW1001

The junction east of Bansha pretty much has to be a roundabout given how sharply the corridor turns here, but I think all of the others will be compact GSJs, pretty much like N22 Macroom.

marno21

Confirmed by TII at Oireachtas Committee that they intend to prioritise delivery of the Tipp Town bypass section of this scheme. The exact scope of this is unclear.

marno21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120777686#Comment_120777686

This has now filtered through to the media.

https://www.tippmidwestradio.com/2023/06/29/tii-confirms-tipp-town-bypass-priority-ahead-of-other-n24-sections/

Paddico

Thats a sensible approach. Worst bottle neck on the route.

marno21

June 2023 update:

https://n24cahirlimerick.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/272687-ARUP-ZZ-XX-FN-Z-000019.pdf

Jayuu

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I'll say it before anybody else does. We don't have road tax in this country. We have a tax on motor vehicles and all of that tax flows into general exchequer funds and has nothing to do with road infrastructure.

This is not to say that the N24 shouldn't be progressed but equating one with the other is a false argument.

PS - Ireland is not the most expensive country in Europe.

marno21

MOD:

No more motor tax debates. Not the place for it.

Paddico

Whats the expected (approx) date for finalising the route?

spacetweek

Would it matter? They won't build this until the 2030s the way things are going.

Norteño

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120860404#Comment_120860404

I think you'll find it is the most expensive country in Europe, certainly in terms of costs of living and road tax.

Also....is it a tax?

YES.

Do you have to pay it before you can drive on the road?

YES.

ITS A ROAD TAX.

FACE 🌴.....

You can call it whatever you want, but the fact remains....it's a ROAD TAX.

I bet you're the sort of person who would go to the bathroom and have an "Armitage Shanks Interface Defecation Scenario", when the rest of us would just have a dump.

You try driving on the ROADS without paying this TAX and see how you get on...... 🤡

Pete_Cavan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121136889#Comment_121136889

So VRT is a road tax too? It's a tax and you have to pay it before you can drive on the road.

Motor tax is not determined by the type of roads you drive on, how far you drive, etc. You can post as much Armitage Shanks Interface Defecation Scenario as you like but the fact remains that the tax is levied against the motor, not the roads.

steeler j

Latest word is that it will take another 18 months before being submitted to ABP . Tii expect it's about 4-5 years from starting construction at the best case scenario.

Jayuu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121136889#Comment_121136889

Proof please that this is the most expensive country in Europe in terms of cost of living and VRT (it's not a road tax as much as you like to call it that). Come on then, if it's so clear you should have no problems being able to point me to sources to back up your statement.

You try driving on a road without insurance and see how you get on. Is insurance a road tax as well then?

spacetweek

This isn't a thread about taxes or the cost of living.

Back to the N24.