R869 - Sligo Western Distributor Road - Phase II

marno21

Sligo County Council issued a tender for fencing works on Phase 2 of this road from the current stub to the N4 Caltragh Interchange

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=117448&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

Geuze

Fencing in place in Ballydoogan, I'm looking at it now.

Trying to find a map of this route.....

Will there be a junction with Oakfield road?

WestCoast2017

Where is this road going? Are there any maps or images of the route?

Geuze

From the end of the existing phase I section of the WDR, at Ballydoogan traffic lights junction, to the Caltragh roundabout.

Geuze

https://cdn2-img.pressreader.com/pressdisplay/docserver/getimage.aspx?regionKey=RPU%2Bbyzo7tW%2FhS%2FOBd%2BzKA%3D%3D&scale=100

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JupiterKid

Geuze wrote: »

https://cdn2-img.pressreader.com/pressdisplay/docserver/getimage.aspx?regionKey=RPU%2Bbyzo7tW%2FhS%2FOBd%2BzKA%3D%3D&scale=100

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My understanding of this scheme isnt so much to act as a bypass of the existing Strandhill road but more to open up major swathes of land for housing development.

Badly needed - Sligo really needs to grow, double in size over the next 15-20 years.

marno21

JupiterKid wrote: »

My understanding of this scheme isnt so much to act as a bypass of the existing Strandhill road but more to open up major swathes of land for housing development.

Badly needed - Sligo really needs to grow, double in size over the next 15-20 years.

Not only for housing, also for the IDA for industrial development.

It gives good access to the N4 which is very useful.

munchkin_utd

should be finishing up now today

Fencing works will continue on the Western Distributor Road Phase 2 in the townlands of Ballydoogan, Oakfield, Maugheraboy and Caltragh. Traffic management will be in place on the Oakfield Road L– 3601, the Ballydoogan Road L– 9406 and Rusheen Lane in Caltragh for access and egress to the site. Minor delays are expected with works expected to be complete on the 4th May.

http://www.sligococo.ie/PublicNotices/TrafficReportWC30thApril2018/

Maybe a little off topic, but theres a LOT more of this type of distributor road needed in Ireland. If you look at a map of any town you'll see the development happening along the main national and regional roads and nothing but green fields (or in Limericks case also a half dozen unused or underused railway branches) in between.

marno21

Shane Ross wrote:

While the construction of the western distributor road was not included in the original Building on Recovery capital plan, nevertheless my Department facilitated the development of the project by providing grant assistance for the project planning and design over a number of years.

As for the construction phase of the project, my Department made a strong case for additional funding under the capital plan review and, following the conclusion of the review in 2017, significant extra funding was allocated to my Department in the period to 2021. I was, therefore, very glad to be able to commit grant funding for the construction phase of the distributor road.

Sligo County Council, as the statutory road authority, is responsible for implementation of the distributor road scheme which is, I understand, at land acquisition stage. The council is required to comply with the requirements of the public spending code, the Department’s capital appraisal framework and the memorandum relating to the provision of grants for regional and local roads. In this context, during 2017, approval was given to the council to proceed with the detailed design of the scheme and the preparation of contract documents. In addition, approval was given to the council to proceed with an advance works contract for fencing and site clearance. I understand that the fencing work is now substantially complete.

Grant funding of €800,000 has been allocated to the scheme this year. The project tender documentation has been finalised and was submitted to my Department for review in mid-April. Approval has recently been given to the council to invite tenders for the main construction contract.

Latest from the Minister.

marno21

TENDER ALERT

Sligo Western Distributor Road Phase II has now gone to tender.

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=130584&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

marno21

Tender awarded to SIAC Construction

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=130584&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=2&PP=ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders

marno21

Work now underway

https://www.oceanfm.ie/2019/01/09/work-begins-on-western-distributor-route-in-sligo/

marno21

Some drone footage of work done so far

https://twitter.com/sligococo/status/1116642452004380672

waterboy15

Is there any truth to the rumour that Sligo Co Co has put a halt to the completion of this project, so close to the end ?

waterboy15

Could the council not have put a roundabout here ?

waterboy15

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.2663954,-8.5034916,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sgobfar6uI4FmX_f2A01SyA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i41

waterboy15

link to planning application

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_docs.asp?PID=117448&LID=127826&AllowPrint=1

shanec1928

waterboy15 wrote: »

Could the council not have put a roundabout here ?

They should have it’s an awful junction.

the deuce

This road is expected to open October 16th

www. oceanfm.ie/2020/09/08/western-distributor-route-in-sligo-expected-to-open-next-month/

serfboard

the deuce wrote: »

www. oceanfm.ie/2020/09/08/western-distributor-route-in-sligo-expected-to-open-next-month/

From that article:

Ocean FM wrote:

It’s hoped heavy goods vehicles will take the new route and therefore alleviate congestion on the Inner Relief Road.

Why would HGVs use this route unless they were going to Strandhill - is there that much of a demand for HGVs in Strandhill?

BelfastVanMan

serfboard wrote: »

From that article:

Why would HGVs use this route unless they were going to Strandhill - is there that much of a demand for HGVs in Strandhill?

They're probably the ones heading for Finiskiln Ind. Est. It will certainly help there.

serfboard

BelfastVanMan wrote: »

They're probably the ones heading for Finiskiln Ind. Est. It will certainly help there.

You're right of course, and I can see that it would be very useful for that.

I'll be using it myself for accessing Knocknarea - whenever Covid restrictions are eased ...

joujoujou

Opening planned mid-october. Not happened.

Any info why?

waterboy15

joujoujou wrote: »

Opening planned mid-october. Not happened.

Any info why?

Rumour has it there is a financial issue with the contractor ?

Now opening January

https://www.sligococo.ie/News/WDROpeningJanuary/

Pete_Cavan

zorro2566 wrote: »

Now opening January

https://www.sligococo.ie/News/WDROpeningJanuary/

Why is there should a wide hatched space between the lanes? Also

Scheme details
9km of single urban distributor road between the existing N4 junction (Caltragh) and the existing Ballydoogan Road
Verges with 2km cycleway and 2m footway on each side of the carriageway

The cycleway should obviously be 2m, not 2km, but is the distributor road actually 9km long?

L1011

No, its only just 2km or so.

Pete_Cavan

L1011 wrote: »

No, its only just 2km or so.

That's what I thought.

KrisW1001

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Why is there a wide hatched space between the lanes?

It's so that right-turning lanes at junctions don't force the straight-on traffic to veer to the left. The link roads for the Waterford Outer Ring Road use the same pattern.

@OceanFmIreland

Construction work on the Sligo Western Distributor Road Phase II is completed & will be opened to traffic on Monday January 11th from 4pm. @OceanFmIreland @IDAIRELAND @IDANorthWest @sligoweekender @SligoChampion @Sligo
https://t.co/3eCrKZCyry
https://t.co/edJHxvsOnE https://t.co/ods6zVmRnK

It’s open now!

joujoujou

Couldn't resist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEoBuDbuhQ

Victor

Mapped here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/54.2654/-8.4955

I would be grateful if people could get the numbers of the local roads off the WDR, so I can map them.

Paddico

Curiously, have there ever been plans to by-pass the town of Sligo?

That side of town looks like it has potential

KrisW1001

The current N4 is the bypass.

There's really only one place to cross the estuary, and that's where the current N4 is - Sligo is worse in that respect than even Galway. The current N4 through Sligo was at least an isolated route and so doesn't have any street frontage, but it does intersect with several streets at grade, and there's no acceptable way of separating these junctions.

The only approach I could see being done would be relief roads and distributors at the North and South ends of the city to draw most of the local traffic off N4 (this Western Distributor is one such road), leaving the N4 through Sligo carrying only long-distance and North-South local traffic. Traffic reduction measures on the streets that intersect N4 could reduce the volume of traffic on N4 through the centre. The bridge is still a bottleneck, but we're not talking about enormous amounts of traffic here, and it should be fine except at peak periods.

The estuary to the West is also very deep, which makes a second crossing very expensive.

Pete_Cavan

Where does the Eastern Garvoge Bridge project stand right now and will it make much difference to the town? The info on the CoCo website doesn't seem very recent;

https://www.sligococo.ie/Services/RoadsandParking/Roads/Projects/EasternGarvogeBridge/

L1011

An outer bypass has been floated a few times.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/three-options-for-bridge-to-span-sligo-harbour-27558129.html

The older route of the N4 was also somewhat of a town centre avoiding route; but very bad at it.

veryangryman

L1011 wrote: »

An outer bypass has been floated a few times.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/three-options-for-bridge-to-span-sligo-harbour-27558129.html

The older route of the N4 was also somewhat of a town centre avoiding route; but very bad at it.

Depressing how long ago that was and not a bit done on it.

The guy in the article who wanted "realism" should have been told to do one. There are 2 north south routes in Ireland. Sligo is a major focal point in the second one. Build a decent bridge. Good enough for Drogheda, Waterford and New Ross.

BronsonTB

Great & welcome additon for the dog walkers, pedestrians, walkers, joggers, cyclists.
But it's poor for the motorist if thinking it would make journeys better to Finisklin (Ramps / roundabounts / light sequencing / crossings / no overtaking etc all go against the travelling motorist)