Sam Russell wrote: » There should be a link road going from the N81, across to the N7 at Rathcoole and onto the N4/M4 at Lucan, and continues to south of Dunboyne (N3) and connected on to the N2. It would need to be a grade separated dual carriageway, with 100 km speed limit. This would allow a large number of vehicles to avoid the M50.
gilly2308 wrote: » We need better link roads that don't all gravitate towards the M50, better public transport, but most of all we need to see more jobs going to towns like Naas, Newbridge, Kildare, Portlaoise, Carlow etc some of which are barely surviving, and only do so as they're commuter towns. The amount of traffic on the M7 at 6am is frightening, and only goes to show how far some people are travelling. This is a serious quality of life issue, but our government are perfectly content to see most new jobs go to Dublin, while the rest of the country either dies or barely gets by.
spacetweek wrote: » What we need is for people to live in Dublin, not outside it. There is nothing inevitable about having a long commuter belt stretching all that way. Most of the people living in those towns are transplanted Dubs - the last thing you want is big business parks opening up in them which would generate further traffic as people needed to commute to them from other places. And what's this about the Government putting jobs in Dublin? Governments don't "put" jobs anywhere. They go where the private market wants them to go and there is little that can be done about that.
gilly2308 wrote: » There was a report in last week's Indo which stated that 49% of all economic activity in Ireland was centered around Dublin. This is crazy, even London which is one of the world's great cities only accounts for 32% of all UK economic activity, so more needs to be done to attract companies to other towns and cities around Ireland. You also mention that opening business parks in towns and cities around Ireland would only attract more traffic, no offence but so what? I can only imagine that someone from Portlaoise or Carlow would much rather they were stuck in a traffic jam going to their place of work in any of these towns, rather than sitting in gridlock on the M7 at 6am making a tortuous journey to Dublin every day, and then the same again in the evening as they make their way home. I am also one of these transplanted Dubs that you speak about, but Kildare is now my home, and I would much rather work in or around county Kildare, than spend 3 to 4 hours every day driving to Dublin.
marno21 wrote: » Shane Ross was asked this week about this scheme, confirmed as still starting this year and wrapping up 2019/2020.
spacetweek wrote: » How do you like that? For the whole of 2016 the scheme was to start in April. Now it's to start "later this year". That's a very nonchalant deadline slippage.
marno21 wrote: » Another tender for technical services this wekkhttps://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase.asp?PID=110745
road_high wrote: » Realistically how long will it take for works to begin on site?- I mean if they're only advertising tenders now for technical services, by the time they're received, assessed and appointed how long are you talking? 6 months plus?
marno21 wrote: » Shane Long has stated that construction will start in 2017...
GhostyMcGhost wrote: » I'd take his word for it any day 3 lanes all the way to tipp
marno21 wrote: » road_high wrote: » Realistically how long will it take for works to begin on site?- I mean if they're only advertising tenders now for technical services, by the time they're received, assessed and appointed how long are you talking? 6 months plus? Shane Ross has stated that construction will start in 2017, and there appears to have been enough money allocated for construction to start as there is no land acquistion etc. with this scheme. I'd hope a tender is awarded during the summer and work begins in Autumn. I'd like work to start during the summer though as the road would be quieter. When September brings the usual traffic growth the M7 will be borderline unusable between J9-J11 (regular users of J6-J11 will likely say it's unusable already). I don't hold out much hope for the widening of the M7 to bring any major benefits inbound, and I expect it to be relatively beneficial outbound. Inbound it's only going to deliver the stampede of traffic to the M50, Citywest, Newlands Cross etc quicker so will just move the traffic jam inwards. Outbound though I expect relief as the current situation of: 3 lanes -(J9)-> 2 lanes -(J11)-> 4 lanes is easily relieved and the M7 and M9 have enough capacity to cope. I expect the new J9A & J10 to be major improvements along with the Sallins BP, mainly localised benefits. Long term though thinking outside the roads box is needed. Improved rail access along the N7/M7 corridor and moving people closer to Dublin/work is the only thing that'll fix this issue long term. Beyond the current M7 bottleneck the M50 and surface routes into Dublin are already jammed without adding more traffic.
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