M7 - Naas/Newbridge Bypass Upgrade [Junction 9a now open]

harr wrote: »

Anyone find the road surface to be poor especially the left lane between the two Naas junctions (south bound) ...it seems very bumpy and uneven.
Middle and right lane seen ok .

Probably because no one is using the left lane, if it gets more traffic it will even out

harr wrote: »

Anyone find the road surface to be poor especially the left lane between the two Naas junctions (south bound) ...it seems very bumpy and uneven.
Middle and right lane seen ok .

The road surface is definitively poor for this kid of project. I commented earlier on about the surface on the slip road from Naas North joining the N7 and they have fixed it since but I think the fact hat they've done small sections at a time means they didn't get consistency. I thought the first few miles that were surfaced were done well but then, the quaity deteriorated.We'll have to get used to it I suppose

Darc19 wrote: »

Probably because the left lane was always the trucking lane taking the heavy vehicles and simply got resurfaced whereas the third lane is new construction.

I don't feel much of a difference between lane one and two.

On the main finishing of the project itself, did work take place last night at the m7/m9 merge?

Trucking Lane?

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sounds like someone who never drives in lane one! :rolleyes:

Yep, never slow enough for it
But you get what I mean. Lane one gets majority of the heavy vehicles.

degsie wrote: »

Slow are fast, this 'should' be the main driving lane. Sounds like somebody is a middle lane hogger :rolleyes:

Given that I regularly overtake cars doing significantly less than the posted 120 (when no reason not to do so), the "slow" lane is indeed slow.

Personally I only ever use lane 1 on the N7 or M50 late at night or if exiting.

But then I don't "hog" the lanes either and I certainly don't dawdle.

Darc19 wrote:

On the main finishing of the project itself, did work take place last night at the m7/m9 merge?

I drove both directions this morning and there was no obvious works done from what I could see.

WishUWereHere wrote: »

And there is one problem with driving on a m/way in Ireland. The number of people who treat the ileft most lane with ignorance is unbelievable.

In a two lane motorway as the M7 was, lane one is the only lane permitted to be used by hgvs.

Hence in the context of the post where the query was in regard to the difference in road feel, the phrase "truck or hgv lane" was appropriate.

Maybe you are still smarting from me telling you the blatant obvious about the half finished roundabout would become a fully finished roundabout.? Looking at some of your posts you tend to target certain posters that don't agree with you.

From rsa

Do not use the outside lane if you are driving:
• a goods vehicle with a maximum authorised mass (MAM) of more than 3,500
kilogrammes such as a lorry or heavy goods vehicle;
• a vehicle towing a trailer, horsebox or caravan.
You may use it, however, in exceptional circumstances

Eastbound (inbound) this morning, between jn11 and jn10 you could see all the barriers being removed - so must be preparing to lay tarmac on lane 1 and hopefully finish it off/blend it all in.

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

So might it be possible that we'll see the speed limit back up to 120 once this is done, or are we stuck with only 80 for another while yet?

no, I think it will be 80 for another while yet, while all other work is on-going with jn10 & jn9a etc..

July project update posted at http://www.m7upgrade.com/:
http://files.basekit.com/cc/5b/cc5bc8b1-0914-450e-acac-84699fc79ff4.pdf

WishUWereHere wrote:

Coming off at J10 is shambolic in the evening rush hour. Today a coach heading for Ennis went right up to the split and held everything up trying to get back into the middle lane. Trucks and cars also only moving out at the last moment

If only the coach had spotted the 2 flashing VMS telling them the left lane was for junction 10 traffic only! Or the numerous other signs!

Seriously, blame the idiots using the road, not the contractors.

Deleted User wrote: »

At what point do you move from the innermost lane to the middle lane before junction 10. If you wait too long you'll be blocked in the innermost lane and need to squeeze into the middle lane. Best to avoid, even though it moves quicker than middle or outer lane.

Normally the gaps in the white line get smaller to indicate the lane is heading in a different direction.

And speaking of middle lane drivers, I was with a guy recently driving in the middle lane, he told me that if he wasn't too sure where he was going he was only ever one lane away from being in the correct lane, so he always drove in the middle lane, the logic out there is hilarious.

hi5 wrote: »

Normally the gaps in the white line get smaller to indicate the lane is heading in a different direction.

And speaking of middle lane drivers, I was with a guy recently driving in the middle lane, he told me that if he wasn't too sure where he was going he was only ever one lane away from being in the correct lane, so he always drove in the middle lane, the logic out there is hilarious.

That logic is somewhat reasonable on a multi-lane road with standard junctions (where you might actually need to go right), but when all exits are on the left it makes no sense whatsoever.