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N26 Ballina Bypass
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Yes that ring road has been useful in diverting traffic between the N59 and Killala but it runs into housing estates at its southern end so that suggests that it isn't planned to use it as part of any future bypass.
I think the area is too residential as well for the existing ring road to work as a long term solution. The new link would almost need to begin somewhere further out past the Merry Monk. Only yesterday it was announced that 66 new homes are to be constructed on the Killala road. Traffic is only going to increase on this route so it would seem prudent to secure a wayleave in this area even if the link is not done in the short term. I would hope that it is influencing in some way the selection of the exact N26/N59 bypass route.
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It may continue directly from the last roundabout but it's questionable why it has to pass so close to Hollister with a direct access from Hollister onto the road and all the traffic that will ensue at that location Surely having both bypass sections meeting further south would be a better solution with hollister traffic coming onto the existing N26 where it does now.
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I was talking about the Northern end, where Phase 1 ends, and Phase 2 begins (that map has North at the left, which I always find odd - maybe it’s a nod to medieval maps that put Jerusalem at the top :) ).
At the southern end, in the screengrab you posted, I don’t see anything being made worse here. There’s already a direct access to the Hollister site, but at present it’s a T-junction, here:
Now, I don’t know the area at all, but I suspect that this arrangement creates long tailbacks on N26 when drivers try to enter the factory site. A roundabout will reduce these delays by making it easier for traffic to turn right into the site (from the south), and also turn right out of it at shift-ends (northwards, towards the town).
That existing site-access road is within the project boundary, so I guess it’s going to be closed off and replaced by the roundabout0 -
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