M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

m17 · 22-11-2017 10:28AM

The m18 at ballymaquiff 13/04/17

18/11/17

MBSnr · 22-11-2017 11:51AM

MBSnr wrote: »

Hmm seems that Google Maps may still need some more work on the new section for routing algorithms or whatever. I noticed that when driving down from Tuam to Gort, numerous times it kept putting me on a minor road over the motorway or one right beside it. As soon as I got beyond Gort it stopped happening....

Anyone else seeing this when driving on the new M17/M18 sections? Driving North or South, Google Maps just loses its way and puts my location on an L road or R road next to the motorway. OK, not a problem as I know where I'm going but I'm wondering if it's my phone.. ;-)

m17 · 22-11-2017 12:02PM

MBSnr wrote: »

Anyone else seeing this when driving on the new M17/M18 sections? Driving North or South, Google Maps just loses its way and puts my location on an L road or R road next to the motorway. OK, not a problem as I know where I'm going but I'm wondering if it's my phone.. ;-)

Its not your phone I have the same problem I was at rathmorrissy this morning,Google maps had claregalway

MBSnr · 22-11-2017 12:18PM

m17 wrote: »

Its not your phone I have the same problem I was at rathmorrissy this morning,Google maps had claregalway

Thanks - I submitted it as feedback via Maps to see if they can fix.

m17 · 22-11-2017 01:32PM

The m17 at sheeaunpark 22/11/16

22/11/17

kippy · 22-11-2017 04:30PM

MBSnr wrote: »

Anyone else seeing this when driving on the new M17/M18 sections? Driving North or South, Google Maps just loses its way and puts my location on an L road or R road next to the motorway. OK, not a problem as I know where I'm going but I'm wondering if it's my phone.. ;-)

Is this more likely an issue with the GPS signals?

MBSnr · 22-11-2017 05:27PM

kippy wrote: »

Is this more likely an issue with the GPS signals?

Possible but M17 confirmed it happens to him and I only see it on the new sections. Completely stops after Gort and that section South of Gort has as many roads next to the motorway as the new sections.

m17 · 22-11-2017 06:29PM

The rock cut at ballybanagher 13/11/15

02/11/17

m17 · 22-11-2017 07:19PM

RATHMORRISSY 16/05/16

01/09/17

22/11/17

mikeysmith · 22-11-2017 07:48PM

Some joke of a road this heading out of tuam for galway

They've hundreds of pointless signs on the side of the dual carriageway and none of the directions you actually need

m17 · 22-11-2017 07:56PM

mikeysmith wrote: »

Some joke of a road this heading out of tuam for galway

They've hundreds of pointless signs on the side of the dual carriageway and none of the directions you actually need

This is a brilliant road there is nothing wrong with the signs around tuam the signs at rathmorrissy could be better

BelfastVanMan · 22-11-2017 08:18PM

mikeysmith wrote: »

Some joke of a road this heading out of tuam for galway

They've hundreds of pointless signs on the side of the dual carriageway and none of the directions you actually need

Should've gone to Specsavers...

boardsuser1 · 22-11-2017 08:36PM

m17 wrote: »

RATHMORRISSY 16/05/1601/09/1722/11/17

The above photo is of junction 18 is it?

terrarev · 23-11-2017 03:05PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

I've experienced this noise myself, scared the scrap out of me as I was overtaking a truck at the time.
On another note, just north of the bat bridge, there is a lovely 2 story house on the left as your heading towards Galway. The road runs very close to the house and borders their property line. I wonder why there's no noise barriers and mature planting here? Must be a serious bit of noise without any barrier at all?
If it was my house I would have been insisting on some noise control.

Yeah, I've noticed this house as well. Couldn't believe it was so close to the motorway and wide open. The motorway is practically at the bottom of their garden with no sound barriers.

Kevwoody · 23-11-2017 03:13PM

terrarev wrote: »

Yeah, I've noticed this house as well. Couldn't believe it was so close to the motorway and wide open. The motorway is practically at the bottom of their garden with no sound barriers.

Fair play to them for not kicking up a fuss. (Not like somewhere else I could mention!)

boardsuser1 · 23-11-2017 03:14PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

Fair play to them for not kicking up a fuss. (Not like somewhere else I could mention!)

***Ahem Ahem steering group cough cough***

m17 · 23-11-2017 04:46PM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

The above photo is of junction 18 is it?

Here are the junctions gort to tuam junction 16 m18 gort looking towards Limerick

gort looking towards rathmorrissy

junction 17 m18 kiltiernan looking towards gort

kiltiernan looking towards rathmorrissy

junction 18 m18/m17/m6 rathmorrissy

juctiuon 19 m17 annagh hill looking towards rathmorrissy

annagh hill looking towards tuam

junction 20 m17 the kilmore roundabout

serfboard · 23-11-2017 05:23PM

terrarev wrote: »

Yeah, I've noticed this house as well. Couldn't believe it was so close to the motorway and wide open. The motorway is practically at the bottom of their garden with no sound barriers.

Kevwoody wrote: »

Fair play to them for not kicking up a fuss.

Actually, I woudn't say fair play to them at all, rather that it's an indictment of the way things work.

The right thing to have done would have been for noise barriers to have been installed here - but why wasn't it done? Because this crowd didn't "kick up a fuss".

Meanwhile, some bollocks who lives miles away from the motorway gets noise barriers installed because he does kick up a fuss.

Annoying, IMO.

23-11-2017 09:59PM

Not being a smart ass, but in that pic, is the wooden barrier not a sound barrier?

wotzgoingon · 23-11-2017 10:20PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Not being a smart ass, but in that pic, is the wooden barrier not a sound barrier?

I don't know what pic your talking of but yes the wooden barrier is a sound barrier.

Kevwoody · 23-11-2017 10:29PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not being a smart ass, but in that pic, is the wooden barrier not a sound barrier?

It's a different house to the one in m17's photo that we're talking about.

mikeysmith · 23-11-2017 10:31PM

Why is there so many signs telling motorists not to park in the Garda Hideaways?

Not sure the correct name for them

Kevwoody · 23-11-2017 10:51PM

mikeysmith wrote: »

Why is there so many signs telling motorists not to park in the Garda Hideaways?

Not sure the correct name for them

What signs are you on about? There is one sign at each Garda ramp.
Are you on about the route marker signs? Placed every 500 meters??

Ricta · 23-11-2017 10:53PM

Middle Man wrote: »

I have noticed that a while back - perhaps a relocation agreement might have been justified here given how close the road is.

Is it a myth, that I have heard, that people in houses this close to the motorway got market value for the house and could choose to continue owning/living in it, or move on?

There is another one I noticed, between Rathmorrissey and Annagh, a two story, that was occupied up until the time the motorway opened to traffic, then demolished.

Wild Atlantic Gal · 24-11-2017 09:45AM

Crash on m17 before the m6 junction Tuam direction both lanes closed.... just got a notification there!

Sam Russell · 24-11-2017 10:12AM

Wild Atlantic Gal wrote: »

Crash on m17 before the m6 junction Tuam direction both lanes closed.... just got a notification there!

Mod: this is not the place for traffic news.

Wild Atlantic Gal · 24-11-2017 12:09PM

Sam Russell wrote: »

Mod: this is not the place for traffic news.

Apologies, I presumed a thread on the m17 and the fact it was closed would be ok here!

glineli · 24-11-2017 03:11PM

Wild Atlantic Gal wrote: »

Apologies, I presumed a thread on the m17 and the fact it was closed would be ok here!

The amount of accidents on the new road this morning was shocking. The M18 north of Gort was very poor and really should have been closed.

m17 · 24-11-2017 03:17PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

It's a different house to the one in m17's photo that we're talking about.

This is the house kevwoody is talking about raheen/kiltartan

this is the house I'm talking about carvandooram

this the house ricta is talking about sheeaunpark it's on the top left hand side

m17 · 24-11-2017 03:25PM

Kiltiernan 25/11/17

M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

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