N59 - Oughterard to Clifden [Phase 1 under construction]

flatty · 28-01-2017 4:38pm

Connemara locals unhappy.
Who'd a thunk it?

marno21 · 29-01-2017 2:23am

http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper/The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper/66056/1/cp_2/

Discussion on this scheme with Eamon O Cuiv and John Gibbons during the week.

Middle Man · 29-01-2017 8:21pm

marno21 wrote: »

http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper/The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper/66056/1/cp_2/

Discussion on this scheme with Eamon O Cuiv and John Gibbons during the week.

The purpose of a road is to get people for A to B safely and efficiently. Now, the pavement will be a minimal 7m (Single Type 3) - one has be to reasonable regarding social responsibility towards the people - I did travel that road and I can tell you that from the point of view of allowing people to go about their daily lives, it is unfit for purpose!

marno21 · 04-03-2017 2:36am

N59 group meet with Minister Ross

http://connachttribune.ie/n59-action-group-meets-transport-minister-at-leinster-house/

marno21 · 20-03-2017 8:40pm

Ross to travel the N59 to see it for himself

http://connachttribune.ie/transport-minister-to-travel-n59-to-view-need-for-improvements-800/

marno21 · 21-09-2017 7:18pm

Slightly positive news.. advance works will continue from Maam Cross stretching 4km east to the townland of Bunnakill in advance of a realignment.

The rest is off the table for now.
https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2017-09-20a.1597

marno21 · 16-02-2018 12:48am

In the paper again..

http://connachttribune.ie/call-for-government-to-prioritise-beleaguered-n59-in-national-development-plan/

Perhaps the unlucky councillor might like to familiarise himself with the scheme.

The Maam Cross-Bunnakill realignment looks to start in 2019 and the Moycullen bypass in 2021.

Dr_serious2 · 06-04-2018 3:46pm

Any advance on this? We would take a Moycullen bypass and some surface improvement at this stage.

A climbing lane or two between Maam Cross and Oughterard would be fantastic too. Is that totally out of the question?

marno21 · 06-04-2018 5:21pm

Dr_serious2 wrote: »

Any advance on this? We would take a Moycullen bypass and some surface improvement at this stage.

A climbing lane or two between Maam Cross and Oughterard would be fantastic too. Is that totally out of the question?

Moycullen bypass should start in 2021. A 6km section from Maam Cross eastwards should start in 2019, with the rest tbc but it does have planning approval. Maam Cross to Clifden was refused planning.

L1011 · 06-04-2018 6:38pm

Was thinking Maam Cross to Clifden was a bit big for a single scheme. Checked and its under 35km road distance! And the scheme was less than that again. So incredibly slow to drive particularly if caught behind a tourist, a bus or a tourist bus...

marno21 · 06-04-2018 6:40pm

L1011 wrote: »

Was thinking Maam Cross to Clifden was a bit big for a single scheme. Checked and its under 35km road distance! And the scheme was less than that again. So incredibly slow to drive particularly if caught behind a tourist, a bus or a tourist bus...

Yep, the planned scheme was 29km. There was 4km done as a pilot scheme at Derrylea back in 2010 but the rest is back on the shelf for now

marno21 · 19-05-2018 12:56am

PIN gone out for 5km stretch to start in 2019.

Aontachtoir · 19-05-2018 4:14am

marno21 wrote: »

PIN gone out for 5km stretch to start in 2019.

Where does this stretch start and end Marno? Thanks.

marno21 · 19-05-2018 11:10am

Aontachtoir wrote: »

Where does this stretch start and end Marno? Thanks.

Link didn't copy.

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=129358&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1

Starts at Ma'am Cross and heads east for 5km

Aontachtoir · 20-05-2018 3:31am

marno21 wrote: »

Link didn't copy.

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=129358&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1

Starts at Ma'am Cross and heads east for 5km

Thanks Marno. It's a shame they're only doing 5 km of the 77 km or so of road out to Clifden, but better than nothing I guess. I visited that neck of the woods last summer - the section they're upgrading isn't even the worst bit of the road. Wonder why they chose it.

veryangryman · 20-05-2018 10:04am

Aontachtoir wrote: »

Thanks Marno. It's a shame they're only doing 5 km of the 77 km or so of road out to Clifden, but better than nothing I guess. I visited that neck of the woods last summer - the section they're upgrading isn't even the worst bit of the road. Wonder why they chose it.

Closer to galway so id guess more aadt. No sure though

marno21 · 21-05-2018 10:05am

Aontachtoir wrote: »

Thanks Marno. It's a shame they're only doing 5 km of the 77 km or so of road out to Clifden, but better than nothing I guess. I visited that neck of the woods last summer - the section they're upgrading isn't even the worst bit of the road. Wonder why they chose it.

veryangryman wrote: »

Closer to galway so id guess more aadt. No sure though

TII currently have a policy of upgrading medium length (25-40km) sections of what they define as "low volume national secondary" routes. These routes are often in environmentally challenging areas, have low traffic volumes (often seasonal) and are mainly terrible stretches of road. These upgrades are mostly online and cheap (~€3m/km) and deliver large benefits even with the low volumes. The spec for these is 3.0m lanes and 0.5m hard strips giving a 7.0m pavement width. They are being done in short 3-5km chunks, rather than the whole length in one go.

The N59 from Oughterard to Clifden is one of the schemes TII started on a few years back (the others are N56: Dungloe-Glenties, N59: Westport-Mulranny and N86: Tralee-Dingle). TII applied for planning permission for the Clifden-Oughterard scheme in two sections, firstly Maam Cross-Clifden which was rejected planning by An Bord Pleanala for enviromental reasons, and Maam Cross-Oughterard which was approved on condition that TII consulted with the NPWS before proceeding.

The section from Maam Cross to Bunnakill will be the first part of the Oughterard-Maam Cross section to go ahead. The other 12km will be completed down the line.

Heartbreak Hank · 21-05-2018 11:21am

marno21 wrote: »

The spec for these is 3.0m lanes and 0.5m hard strips giving a 7.0m pavement width. They are being done in short 3-5km chunks, rather than the whole length in one go.

Is there not to be a parallel cycle track à la the N86 to Dingle?

marno21 · 21-05-2018 12:04pm

Heartbreak Hank wrote: »

Is there not to be a parallel cycle track à la the N86 to Dingle?

There is, I forgot to mention that, I was posting just about the road pavement itself.

The full benefit of these cycle paths won't be realised until the full N59 upgrade is done. They will benefit the villages along the route though as they make accessibility better, the cycle lanes into Annascaul on the N86 are a great job.

Dr_serious2 · 07-06-2018 10:40pm

Good news today it appears - a couple of miles improvement of the road around Recess.

In my opinion this road urgently needs to be upgraded for the people of Connemara - the population of the Clifden area plummeted in the last census while the rest of the country (and mostly everywhere else in Galway) was rising. It is increasingly difficult to live with this shambles of a national route.

D Trent · 27-06-2018 8:00pm

http://connachttribune.ie/new-bridge-for-oughterard-village-as-old-structure-to-be-bypassed-by-main-n59-traffic/

"New bridge for Oughterard village as old structure to be bypassed by main N59 traffic"

marno21 · 30-07-2018 1:51pm

N59 Maam Cross-Bunnakill now gone to full tender

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=133002&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

Dr_serious2 · 01-08-2018 8:47pm

marno21 wrote: »

N59 Maam Cross-Bunnakill now gone to full tender

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=133002&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

What do you think will be the long term future of the N59 Marno?

Dr_serious2 · 16-09-2018 9:01pm

There are traffic lights at Streamstown, the Letterfrack side of Clifden, since before Christmas last year as the road seems to have partially subsided. No sign of any work since. Sad really, the contempt in which locals are held.

marno21 · 02-08-2019 10:43pm

Work to start on Ma’am Cross to Bunnakill in September

https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/109297/progress-made-on-galway-clifden-road-confirms-cuv

Oughterard-Bunnakill is in consultation with NPWS. After these are complete Clifden-Ma’am Cross will re-enter planning

marno21 · 10-08-2019 7:34am

Preferred contractor for Maam Cross-Bunnakill has pulled out

https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/concerns-over-long-awaited-upgrade-of-n59-as-contractor-withdraws-from-project/

Dr_serious2 · 26-09-2019 7:21am

From Councillor Eileen Mannion:

I am delighted that the contract for works on the N59 approach road to Letterfrack has been awarded to P & D Lydon.

The works which are due to get underway in November and are expected to last 30 weeks include the realignment of a section of road, construction of a new standard carriageway, hard strips and verges.

The proposed works also includes the improvement/realignment of the access road to the National Park and the project includes earthworks, drainage and pavement works, and the excavation of a large quantity of rock.
The advanced works contract which included clearing the site was carried out earlier this year.

marno21 · 30-09-2019 11:39am

Maam Cross-Bunnakill to commence construction in November. 5.2km of Type 3 SC

https://galwaydaily.com/news/months-of-n59-roadworks-to-begin-in-november/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

marno21 · 21-10-2019 9:51am

Tender award in next 2 weeks

https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/110827/kyne-welcomes-progress-on-n59-oughterard-to-maam-cross-upgrade

NPWS have also cleared work to begin on fencing the next stretch from Bunnakill to Claremont

marno21 · 21-11-2019 2:59pm

Awarded to Clare Civil

Works to begin in the New Year

https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/contract-signed-for-works-on-n59-east-of-maam-cross/

N59 - Oughterard to Clifden [Phase 1 under construction]

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