Patww79 wrote: » To seamlessly join an existing 3 lane section to a new 3 lane section, because currently one of the existing 3 turns into the exit for Naas north.
ebbsy wrote: » More lanes for people to crash into each other then....a lot of people can't handle the fast lane. They should take the bus.
jmkennedyie wrote: » The project also includes the Sallins bypass. Access established near Bodenstown and Sallins Lidl at least. And apparently lots of work near railway line in advance of bridge slide in this Easter (that bridge technically a different contract I believe).
regedit wrote: Drove on M7 from the ball in Naas to the Newbridge exit just out of curiosity, to see what he progress was.so far. I was there at 13:55 and I saw one man in a digger chatting to someone else and closer to Naas, a truck. Not a single other man, machine or any sign of activity. They seem to have 'shaved' off a layer of turf from the median but much more needs to be done. Not sure if any late evening work is taking place but one would think that siac construction would be under pressure to finish asap. There's clearly a flat, set fee they will get paid and the government doesn't pay them by days...Instead of pushing, they seem to be stalling.
D Trent wrote: » What's the bus ?
AugustusMinimus wrote: » What’s the fast lane?
regedit wrote: » Drove on M7 from the ball in Naas to the Newbridge exit just out of curiosity, to see what he progress was.so far. I was there at 13:55 and I saw one man in a digger chatting to someone else and closer to Naas, a truck. Not a single other man, machine or any sign of activity. They seem to have 'shaved' off a layer of turf from the median but much more needs to be done. Not sure if any late evening work is taking place but one would think that siac construction would be under pressure to finish asap. There's clearly a flat, set fee they will get paid and the government doesn't pay them by days...Instead of pushing, they seem to be stalling. It would be good to get someone from the developer to answer questions. There used to be a person providing updates and answering questions when the M50 was widened.
Larbre34 wrote: » You have to understand the way these contracts are tendered. The contractor that got the job did so precisely because he committed the minimum of resources to get it over the line, hence he was able to low ball the price. Price makes up the lions share of the scoring matrix, so it will always win over quality or time. There is no question of cash bonuses for getting it done quickly. The contractor submits his work programme and if the engineer accepts it they work to it. The extra cash comes if the contractor can blame the client for any delaying factors, which they do, liberally. Night and weekend work is hugely expensive too, thats why you wont see it. On behalf of the Government, TII's mission is economy not efficiency.
sea12 wrote: » 3 Lorries waiting for the digger man to commence work at 8.20 this morning. This was for the top soil removal in the median of the road. They are working from both ends of the works now but still shocking slow.
Be well and win wrote: » I presume there are restrictions in place on the times and number of lorries that are allowed enter and exit the middle of the road works, especially during rush hour in order to keep the traffic moving. Work also seems to have begun down at Naas South Fun this morning, car broke down in the works northbound and everything nearly ground to a halt
CeilingFly wrote: » Maybe look at what the overall project entails and have a drive around the entire project area. The two main construction items are the new oberstown junction and the new junction 10 location and you also have the sallins bypass. Huge work has been done on the new oberstown junction, work has now commenced on the new junction 10 location and substantial works have been done on the sallins by pass. Just because you see just a few lads on the main motorway, doesn't mean that's all there are working. For my own sources in Kerry group (they gave €10m towards it) it is hoped that the project will be open for use by Sept next year, ahead of schedule, with fininshing works incl landscaping etc taking a a few extra weeks.
JupiterKid wrote: » In the SABRE forum a poster quite rightly questioned the new Junction 9a at Osberstown, as he pointed out that putting more junctions on motorways tends to reduce their capacity as it encourages short distance "junction hopping" traffic mixing with long distance strategic traffic. I was under the impression that the Kerry Group was a big reason for the building of this junction, as they wanted direct access to their HQ and they are contributing €10m to the project. Maybe a better arrangement would have been an offset type junction arrangement with parallel access roads between J9 and J9a like between J13 Dundrum and J14 Sandyford on the M50? But it's all academic now... And does anyone know if the central median on the widened M7 will be a concrete barrier? I would presume so.
