John Paul O'Shea wrote: Update on N20 Mallow to Cork Road works: The resurfacing which involved Stop/Go arrangements was largely completed a few weeks ago. Since then any disruptions to traffic have been quite minor and localised and other works have been carried out during nighttime hours. However, there are a few locations where the resurfacing work isn’t quite up to standard and these areas will need to be taken up and resurfaced in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, this will involve stop/go arrangements again, but they will be outside morning & evening peak traffic times - exact timeframe for this work is to be yet agreed. Other than this, there should be no further significant traffic interruptions. The contractor will be on site up to the end of September carrying out work to grass margins etc which will have little or no impact on traffic.
betistuc wrote: » If this shambolic government can't come up with the money to fund this vital motorway maybe Apple might like to fund the project as a goodwill gesture. Would be a drop in the ocean compared to what they might have had to fork out. I can just see the signs now " You are now on the Apple Highway joining Cork to Limerick"
marno21 wrote: » If anything the most relevant scheme to Apple would be the North Ring Rd, which would tie into the M20. The road network around Apple is grossly underpowered.
Reputable Rog wrote: » Tell me about it, its amazing they weren't required to fund new infrastructure like IKEA were in Dublin, I endure the shift changeover traffic every morning and the chaos it causes, I used to be amazed at how panicked everyone looked trying to be at Apple for 8, then I heard what its actually like to work there.
marno21 wrote: » New set of roadworks between Buttevant and the Ballybeg bends. 15-20 minute delays through there this evening. Not sure what the obsession with roadworks is in Buttevant to be honest.
Reputable Rog wrote: » They're just pumping money into unnecessary roadworks as an excuse not to build the motorway.
captainspeed wrote: » Certainly feels like it. I'm 28 and I swear I'll still be using the current road when I'm 40 like:(! In fact, I fully expect that not one part of it will be under construction by the time I'm 35.
KC161 wrote: » If you feel that way,then imagine me. I remember going to Mallow on the 'old' road and not the new one. I reckon i'll have grandkids before that road is built and my eldest child isn't even in double figures.
Missyelliot2 wrote: » I'm with you KC161..... funnily enough the 'old' road was a damn sight better than driving through a never-ending line of cones
captainspeed wrote: » I've gone on the old road and it really is terrifying, but it was by choice, not because the new Mallow Road hadn't opened. When was the dual carriageway opened? I remember going on the N20 before the Blackpool bypass was done but I don't remember a time when we had to use the old road.
BelfastVanMan wrote: » I think the Blackpool bypass opened in 1996, but the Dual out of Blackpool towards Blarney opened in 1992. As for the rest of the Mallow road, I'm not sure if it was sometime before that or not.
AugustusMinimus wrote: » I'm guessing that where the current N20 is now, was the old road to Blarney. That it was widened and straightened with a brand new section of road then built between Blarney and Rathduff?
KC161 wrote: » Adjacent to the flyover by the sunsst ridge is a left hand turn. That road is now a dead end leading to the walkway but it was part of the old road.
