Minor schemes & realignments

nordydan · 15-10-2018 5:23pm

Alun wrote: »

Does anyone here know what the story is with the roadworks on the R755 Kilmacanogue Roundwood toad near Calary is?

Work seemed to start OK, then went dead for several months before being resumed again recently. Now, the old section of roadway that had been dug up has been reinstated with fresh tarmac and white lines, and the works appear to have ground to a halt again.

The contractord messed up, the tie in at the roundwood end was going to the wrong place, then they ran out of money

spacetweek · 15-10-2018 6:48pm

According to CIS Ireland, plans have been granted for the south Dublin Blackglen/Harold's Grange Road improvement.

veryangryman · 26-10-2018 1:05pm

Good few bits started and ongoing on n61 n15 generally the athlone northwest route especially the coolteige bends north of roscommon town

Pete2k · 27-10-2018 12:38pm

A lot of resurfacing and levelling work going on on the N15 outside sligo and ballybofey. While this is needed especially at Ballybofey the resurfacing near ballyshannon definitely wasn't and I wonder if the amount of money spent on doing the miles and miles of this could not have been spent on other parts like removing some of the bends or widening between Ballybofey and strabane

Kevwoody · 30-10-2018 9:32am

Locals were objecting recently to the removal of old stone walls on the N67 north of Kinvarra to allow realignment of a narrow twisty section of the road.

Seems it has paid off for them. Passed through this morning and work is ongoing on the construction of natural stone walls using locally sourced stone. It is being built dry with no mortar joints and looks really impressive. Should be a nice job when finished, provided they don't blow the entire budget on the walls!

Kevwoody · 30-10-2018 9:37am

Pete2k wrote:

A lot of resurfacing and levelling work going on on the N15 outside sligo and ballybofey. While this is needed especially at Ballybofey the resurfacing near ballyshannon definitely wasn't and I wonder if the amount of money spent on doing the miles and miles of this could not have been spent on other parts like removing some of the bends or widening between Ballybofey and strabane

I can understand the frustration at the apparent waste of resources but a pavement overlay is a low cost job compared to a realignment.

I spoke to someone ages ago regarding seemingly ok roads being resurfaced. I was told that its called preventative maintenance, where a thin top layer is removed and resurfaced. Basically if a surface is left to deteriorate over time, water will soak through to the layers underneath and a full excavation would be required.

So more or less, Local Authorities are trying to keep the roads that are already in reasonable condition, in tip top condition.

marno21 · 01-11-2018 6:59pm

Section of the N83 to be reduced to one lane as it's too narrow for a car and truck to pass safely.

Embarassing stuff but I feel like that word is just normal at this stage

https://www.tuamherald.ie/news/roundup/articles/2018/10/31/4164369-drastic-steps-on-tuam-to-dunmore-road/

BelfastVanMan · 01-11-2018 8:07pm

marno21 wrote: »

Section of the N83 to be reduced to one lane as it's too narrow for a car and truck to pass safely.

Embarassing stuff but I feel like that word is just normal at this stage

https://www.tuamherald.ie/news/roundup/articles/2018/10/31/4164369-drastic-steps-on-tuam-to-dunmore-road/

18 months....is that spot going to get widened, then?

marno21 · 01-11-2018 8:18pm

BelfastVanMan wrote: »

18 months....is that spot going to get widened, then?

Likely a mickey mouse to widen the road to allow 2 vehicles pass but retain the dangerous bend.

This would be one of those schemes targeted in the 2013-2020 Road Safety Strategy where 150 stretches of dangerous national road were to be realigned by TII. Around 45 are complete and Shane Ross's response to this underperformance is:

The original plan to have them upgraded by 2020 was over-ambitious and he cautioned that transport chiefs are now expected to do four each year.

spacetweek · 01-11-2018 8:58pm

It would take 25 years to do them at that rate! When is he being relieved of his duty?

Aontachtoir · 02-11-2018 12:52am

spacetweek wrote: »

It would take 25 years to do them at that rate! When is he being relieved of his duty?

There are times I think that a general election would be a waste of money and pointless distraction for this country, and then there are times that I think that a general election is the only way to get a transport minister who actually seems to care about transport.

marno21 · 03-11-2018 6:13pm

N70 Kilderry bends powering along now. The offline section on the Milltown section is tarmaced but the tie in is yet to start. The N70 is down to one lane with traffic lights on the Killorglin side where tie in works have started and are significantly advanced

marno21 · 13-11-2018 3:17pm

N60 Lagnamuck to start shortly and complete end of 2019
N60 Heathlawn to go to tender shortly
N60 Manulla is in a queue waiting

http://www.mayonews.ie/news/32910-ballina-councillor-slams-doom-and-gloom-about-the-n26

BelfastVanMan · 13-11-2018 4:25pm

marno21 wrote: »

N60 Lagnamuck to start shortly and complete end of 2019
N60 Heathlawn to go to tender shortly
N60 Manulla is in a queue waiting

http://www.mayonews.ie/news/32910-ballina-councillor-slams-doom-and-gloom-about-the-n26

Is this to be type 1 or type 2 SC, Marno?

serfboard · 13-11-2018 6:44pm

marno21 wrote: »

http://www.mayonews.ie/news/32910-ballina-councillor-slams-doom-and-gloom-about-the-n26

Mayo News wrote:

Head of Roads Paul Dolan said that they were going through the tendering stage for the N5 from Westport to Turlough and hoped to have the contractors appointed in early 2019 and on site by the middle of 2019.

Mr Dolan said there was progress on schemes along the N60 from Castlebar to Claremorris with work on the 1.4km section of the N60 Castlebar to Balla road at Lagnamuck about to start with a completion date at the end of 2019. Another section at Heathlawn on the Claremorris side of Balla is due to go to tender subject to TII approval while he added that the Manulla Improvement Scheme is also progressing.

In significant news for motorists travelling between Mayo and Dublin along the N5 through Roscommon, Mr Dolan said that the oral hearing on the upgrade of the N5 from Ballaghaderreen to Longford was held in October and An Bord Pleanála will make their decision ‘sometime in the New Year’.

So, you have all this and you still have eejits of county councillors saying that parts of the county are being left behind.

Ye should be thankful that ye're getting anything at all, ye begrudging feckers :mad:

marno21 · 18-11-2018 12:02am

BelfastVanMan wrote: »

Is this to be type 1 or type 2 SC, Marno?

Type 2 single carraigeway for all 3. Lagnamuck (1.4km), Heathlawn (3.6km) and Manulla (4.0km).

The plan for new offline Type 1 between Castlebar and Claremorris appears to have been put in the "we don't have enough ambition for you" filing cabinet beside DART Underground and many other projects.

BelfastVanMan · 18-11-2018 11:28am

marno21 wrote: »

Type 2 single carraigeway for all 3. Lagnamuck (1.4km), Heathlawn (3.6km) and Manulla (4.0km).

The plan for new offline Type 1 between Castlebar and Claremorris appears to have been put in the "we don't have enough ambition for you" filing cabinet beside DART Underground and many other projects.

Ack well, any upgrade on that road is a bonus.

ELCAT2009 · 12-12-2018 2:52pm

Finally looks like route design is coming close on the n17 realignment between Milltown and Gortnagunnad. Galway County Council holding public meeting with plans etc to be on display next Tue 18th Dec in Milltown Community Centre from 4-8pm.

serfboard · 12-12-2018 3:38pm

ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Finally looks like route design is coming close on the n17 realignment between Milltown and Gortnagunnad. Galway County Council holding public meeting with plans etc to be on display next Tue 18th Dec in Milltown Community Centre from 4-8pm.

I presume that this doesn't include a Milltown bypass (which will have to wait until the 2+2 Tuam->Claremorris is built), but is simply to bypass the last bad section of road?

I still welcome it anyway. Going through towns aside, it means we will have a pretty good road from the M17 through to Curry in Co. Sligo, leaving the bad section from Curry to Ballinacarrow for another decade or two.

marno21 · 12-12-2018 7:11pm

serfboard wrote: »

I presume that this doesn't include a Milltown bypass (which will have to wait until the 2+2 Tuam->Claremorris is built), but is simply to bypass the last bad section of road?

I still welcome it anyway. Going through towns aside, it means we will have a pretty good road from the M17 through to Curry in Co. Sligo, leaving the bad section from Curry to Ballinacarrow for another decade or two.

Nope, just realigning the last few km of crap road heading out of Milltown.

The whole lot will be replaced by 2+2 in the future but these widening jobs have pushed it back to post 2027. The priority on the N17 now is Knock-Collooney, 55km scheme, which will start route selection in 2019.

marno21 · 12-12-2018 7:13pm

https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase.asp?PID=139613

Fencing & clearance contract out for 1.55km realignment of the N16 in Leitirim

HabibiLibnen · 23-12-2018 12:26am

Lots of schemes progressing to planning and construction in 2019 based on TII allocations announced yesterday. N60 Lagnamuck in Mayo and N60 Hill of Oran in Roscommon to commence construction in 2019. N16 Lugatober bends to progress to ABP which is faster than I had thought. Several realignments on the N56 in Donegal. €3 million for the N4/N15 in Sligo town will see this scheme move to construction.

HabibiLibnen · 24-12-2018 2:06pm

N61 Coolteige realignment north of Roscommon opened on Thursday, months ahead of the projected completion date. It's a massive improvement from the 19th century bog road it has replaced.

marno21 · 29-12-2018 2:10am

N16 Lugnatober to proceed to ABP in 2019, construction in 2020.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/delight-as-work-on-n4-scheduled-to-begin-in-early-2019-37648737.html

veryangryman · 03-01-2019 3:52pm

The Roscommon/Coolteige one is depressingly close to ideal. Adding another roundabout was foolish at best.

For the sake of the 50 odd people per day who might use that mile of old road, a simple turning lane would have more than sufficed.

BelfastVanMan · 03-01-2019 4:29pm

veryangryman wrote: »

The Roscommon/Coolteige one is depressingly close to ideal. Adding another roundabout was foolish at best.

For the sake of the 50 odd people per day who might use that mile of old road, a simple turning lane would have more than sufficed.

Isn't the long term plan to bypass Roscommon on the east side with an outer N61 bypass?
I would guess the new roundabout could be for the northern terminus of that future bypass.
Open to correction, of course... ;-)

HabibiLibnen · 03-01-2019 6:52pm

There's no drawings for a future bypass and it'll be years before anything happens on it. The purpose of the realignment was for safety. In that regard it's a huge improvement. I'm a local and people in the area are very happy with the speed of delivery and the standard.

A more pressing matter is the dangerously narrow section from Clashaganny to Tulsk and the bends along sections to Athlone. The N61 is the most important road for most of Roscommon as it's the link to Athlone and Dublin. The N5 is much less important to the county as it is for Mayo.

BelfastVanMan · 03-01-2019 8:45pm

HabibiLibnen wrote: »

There's no drawings for a future bypass and it'll be years before anything happens on it. The purpose of the realignment was for safety. In that regard it's a huge improvement. I'm a local and people in the area are very happy with the speed of delivery and the standard.

A more pressing matter is the dangerously narrow section from Clashaganny to Tulsk and the bends along sections to Athlone. The N61 is the most important road for most of Roscommon as it's the link to Athlone and Dublin. The N5 is much less important to the county as it is for Mayo.

Well, I would ask Spacetweek, as his page Irishmotorwayinfo.com shows a future N61 bypass rejoining the existing N61 at roughly the point where the new roundabout is.

marno21 · 04-01-2019 1:26am

Minor allocations for 2019:

Road no.|Scheme|Allocation (€)
02|Monaghan-Emyvale Phase 3|6,000,000
03|Dublin Road Roundabout|200,000
03|Virginia-Maghera|150,000
04|Sligo Urban Improvement|3,000,000
15|Blackburn Bridge Realignment|25,000
16|Drummahan|150,000
16|Munakill|100,000
16|Lugatober|600,000
16|Cornacloy Phase 2|250,000
17|Milltown-Gortnagunnad|180,000
19|Shannon Airport Access|50,000
20|O'Rourke's Cross|100,000
22|Lewis Road Junction|100,000
24|Carrick Road Improvement|200,000
24|Ballydrehid Bends|50,000
24|Beary's Cross|100,000
24|Brookes Bridge|50,000
25|Rosslare Harbouer New Access|100,000
26|Cloongullane Bridge|700,000
30|N30/R700 Roundabout|50,000
51|Dunmoe Phase 2|150,000
52|Grange-Clontail|100,000
52|Cloghan-Billistown|790,000
52|Cloghan-Billistown Phase 2|7,000,000
53|Barrownstown-Hackballs Cross|20,000
53|Hackballscross-Rassan|100,000
53|Barrownstown-Newtownbalregan|30,000
55|Corduff-South of Killydoon A|500,000
55|Corduff-South of Killydoon B|1,000,000
56|Coolboy-Kilmacrennan|4,000,000
56|Kiltoy Roundabout|50,000
59|West of Letterfrack Widening|800,000
59|Corhawnagh-Lugnadeffa|50,000
60|Heathlawn|650,000
60|Lagnamuck|850,000
60|Manulla Cross|100,000
60|Oran|4,000,000
61|Ballymurray-Knockcroghery|700,000
61|Clashaganny-Tulsk|225,000
61|Coolteige|1,200,000
61|Rathallen-Treanagry|50,000
63|Abbeynockmoy-Annagh Hill|1,115,000
63|Liss-Abbey|100,000
65|Carrigahorig Bends|50,000
67|Blake's Corner|500,000
67|Ballinderreen-Kinvara Phase 2|3,000,000
70|Blackwater Bridge-Sneem|250,000
70|Kilderry Bends|1,000,000
70|Brackaharagh|100,000
70|Coolroe-Glenbeigh|150,000
70|Waterville-Ballybrack|100,000
71|Newmills-Owenahincha|50,000
72|Stagmount Bends|100,000
73|Annakisha South|250,000
73|Clogher Cross-Waterdyke|250,000
74|Ballyhusty Realignment|250,000
77|Ballyragget-Ballynaslee|100,000
80|Maidenhead|3,500,000
81|Hangmans Bend|250,000
81|Irishtown|10,000
81|Knockroe|3,600,000
81|Tuckmill|10,000
81|Whitestown Lower|250,000
85|Kilnamona|150,000

HabibiLibnen · 04-01-2019 2:40am

https://www.donegalnow.com/news/three-major-n56-projects-completed-end-2019/263339

The construction on the N56 schemes at Kilmacrennan, Mount Charles to Inver and Dungloe - Glenties to be completed by end of year. I wasn't aware that the schemes mentioned for tender were this advanced, particularly Frosses to Inver. Has anyone any info and updates/photos of the current construction schemes?

Minor schemes & realignments

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