vicwatson wrote: » From the people paper this week (online) "Cllr Willie Kavanagh. WHILE work on the M11 Enniscorthy bypass has been continuing at some pace ahead of its planned opening this summer, plans are already afoot for the next stage of the road network. Oylegate based councillor Willie Kavanagh last week welcomed the news that Wexford County Council had been granted €800,000 in funding to progress planning and design work on an extension of the M11 between Oylegate and Rosslare Harbour. Initially, many questioned the decision to halt the M11 bypass North of Oylegate and there were fears that Oylegate would become somewhat of a bottleneck once the new stretch of road opens. However, with the latest funding allocated, it seems like plans are in place to bypass Oylegate further down the line. While some business owners in the village previously expressed their opposition to a bypass of Oylegate, Cllr Kavanagh, who also owns The Slaney Inn there, has previously stated it is vital. ‘I welcome the news that the TII has granted €800,000 in funding to Wexford County Council,’ he said. ‘It’s absolutely vital that the design plans protect the future of Oylegate. There’s a lot of uncertainty about what will happen when the Enniscorthy bypass opens, making Oylegate the only urban centre between Belfast and Rosslare Europort. Advancing plans to extend the bypass from Oylegate to Rosslare Harbour will help to allay concerns.’"
loyatemu wrote: » You don't often hear Oylgate and "Urban Centre" in the same sentence.
Cantona's Collars wrote: » Everyone goes there for the cheap coal. Me included.:)
kneemos wrote: » First sign of a delay in the Oylgate project.https://www.southeastradio.ie/2019/02/enniscorthy-flood-relief-and-oylegate-bypass-might-be-hit-by-hospital-overrun/
Cookiemunster wrote: » It's already been stated by the Taoiseach that all of the transport infrastructure budget cut is coming from the €27m that was supposed to go towards the A5 in the North.
kneemos wrote: » Varadker was talking current funding,Ross is talking long term presumably.
annfield1978 wrote: » Phases 1 to 4 out to tender for this scheme
Cookiemunster wrote: » This was posted earlier in the Oilgate to Rosslare thread.
listermint wrote: » In short. We would have left it as is, but then. You know brexit became serious so we needed to run right the way down . Funding didn't matter. Rosslare to Dublin vital route now where is wasn't before.
josip wrote: » But that's where Willie either has his head in the clouds or is intentionally misleading. Rosslare is only a 'Europort' in name. It's relatively unimportant nowadays from a shipping point of view. The population of Wexford town would probably be a bigger justification for extending past Oilgate.
road_high wrote: » Guarantee Oilgate won't be bypassed for at least a decade. The current pace of road building is glacial with a ton of more pressing projects allover the country. The N11 has gotten a ton of investment. It'll go down the priority list once the new stretch opens.
listermint wrote: » I'm afraid the Brits have rewritten the plans
josip wrote: » Look back up a few posts where I've linked to shipping tonnage and road counters. It's no longer the 1800s where the shortest sea routes were the most sought after. Shipping directly to the major population centres where the largest market for traded goods is the key now.
listermint wrote: » Thats bull, especially where capacity of port is concerned. Dublin cannot cater for the volume required. Under no circumstances can Dublin cater for it. Rerouting is key. Why do you think there had been large scale development in rosslare preplanning. It's not just for the crack.
kneemos wrote: » If the worst happens there might be some diversions to Rosslare until it sorts itself out.
road_high wrote: » That’s only a maybe. And in all likelihood no deal will only bring temp disruptions and then back to the trade patterns built up over the past 50 years. Rosslare will contine on as is. No need to go immediately rebuilding a new N11 to replace what opened circa 1990. Some other N roads haven’t been upgraded once since the 50s and are higher priority. And are busier. They could do some work on the Wexford bypass roundabouts and it’ll be perfectly fine for another blast.
kneemos wrote: » Enniscorthy Carlow is busier than the Enniscorthy to Wexford road I think I read somewhere.
kneemos wrote: » Enniscorthy Carlow is busier than the Enniscorthy to Wexford road I think I read somewhere. Waterford Cork is another nightmare journey.
jd wrote: » It (7k) may be busier than Wexford - Rosslare (5k entrance to port) but it is not busier than Enniscorthy Wexford (13k)
serfboard wrote: » I decided to have a look at this. Behold the "Urban Centre" of Oylegate: By way of apology let me say that I'm sure that it's a lovely village, and I do agree with it being bypassed - otherwise it will become a nightmare for residents.
