marno21 wrote: » This upgrade was always going to make things worse inbound. There is no longer a bottleneck at Naas so a larger volume of traffic joins the M50 queue quicker. This will only get worse when the M9 merge is fixed There are two options here to solve this 1. Add lanes 2. Remove cars Option 1 has been ruled out by TII so the only viable solution is option 2.
Sam Russell wrote: » Option 3: 3. Use variable speed limits with average speed enforcement. If the volume of vehicles is high, then slow them down, and penalise those that do not slow down.
WishUWereHere wrote: » Noticed the gantry which was in the coned off area just before J9 SB has gone. Anyone know where it is being erected?
WishUWereHere wrote: » Edit: I think the gantry is now mounted over both sides between J8 & J9. 8 lanes & 2 hardshoulders will give you the size of it.
pad199207 wrote: » WishUWereHere wrote: » Edit: I think the gantry is now mounted over both sides between J8 & J9. 8 lanes & 2 hardshoulders will give you the size of it. Didn’t think they were going to do it but the auxiliary lane between J8 and J9 is a needed addition
regedit wrote: » Running the risk of being called up for lack of credentials and understanding of the complexity of the project, am I right in my observation that the builders are dragging their heals (reasons?) in completing the main-strip. Is it not 1000% logically for that section to be finalised and then, efforts to be shifted to the Kerry group roundabout, sound barriers and the Sallins bypass.? I drove to Kildare on Wednesday at 10 AM and there was hardly any activity.
WishUWereHere wrote: » I'm also in lack of credentials, but I do observe that hardly anything has been touched at the roundabout exiting at J10 SB... I wonder why?
jmkennedyie wrote: » J10 remaining slip road now surfaced. Still plenty of relevelling required at south end of overbridge so a few weeks away from opening I guess. J9a still needed some line painting yesterday. Possibly landscaping too, so could be next weekend? Lots of fencing and maybe all gantries installed on mainline j10 to j8 but still some tidying up/hard shoulder surfacing to do eastbound Sallins bypass: -canal bridge beams installed -looks like drainage being installed throughout...including Clane end -no obvious activity on link into Sallins village. They could even leave this to very end...after through traffic on the bypass
Ash.J.Williams wrote: » Just moved to Naas ...traffic is horrendous
SoupyNorman wrote: » Where? When?
Ash.J.Williams wrote: » i'm from west wicklow and got used to utilising the hills of rathcoole and kilteel to get to the m50 ...now it's get out of monread and sit and crawl to the m50! i leave about 7.15am
benny79 wrote: » Only in this country would they open a new motorway and the traffic is worse! So disappointed as I really taught it would make a huge difference. Having said that they were discussing it on the radio yesterday afternoon and they said the N7 route (laois/ kildare - Dublin) is one of the worst in the country for public transport! Thats trains and buses etc must be times & frequency. Shocked to hear that to be honest!
marno21 wrote: » The only solution to reduce traffic on the N7 corridor is DART Underground, Metrolink and other initiatives to move people around Dublin.
benny79 wrote: » Totally agree a underground is proving to work and be so successfully it baffles me why we wont invest especially for future generations.
benny79 wrote: » I am getting home about 15 mins earlier in the evening commute sometimes the same the morning commute is 30 mins longer. I travel Kildare to Dublin and back. So I go the back roads in the morning as traffic keeps moving come out at Rathcoole to a stand still.. Only in this country would they open a new motorway and the traffic is worse! So disappointed as I really taught it would make a huge difference. Having said that they were discussing it on the radio yesterday afternoon and they said the N7 route (laois/ kildare - Dublin) is one of the worst in the country for public transport! Thats trains and buses etc must be times & frequency. Shocked to hear that to be honest!
_Kaiser_ wrote: » Because long-term strategic projects with lots of disruption and resistance in the short term (ie: Bus Connects) don't win votes, and with our somewhat more mixed Governments these days which may or may not last the full term, the politicians that authorise it may not be around to collect the kudos at the end.
emfifty wrote: » Exit 9a is now 99% finished. All signs etc. (as far as I could see) installed, including new slip up to the interchange roundabout. Cantilever gantry (westbound) installed with "Clane, Sallins and Millenium Park" listed. Should be ready to open very soon. Within the week hopefully.
marno21 wrote: » That is not the case, it's an internationally observed phenomenon. See Interstate 405 in LA with 6 lanes in places and traffic gets worse with every added lane.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand The only solution to reduce traffic on the N7 corridor is DART Underground, Metrolink and other initiatives to move people around Dublin.
Tomrota wrote: » Indeed but in the meantime they could provide a few proper bus routes connected to the transport infrastructure (and integrated) for those commuter towns clogging up the N7 and hence the M50. Can someone tell me the sense in expanding the DART just as far as Celbridge and not at least newbridge? The N/M4 will get two DART lines relieving it, and the N7 not one. I don’t see the logic. The N7 is as nightmarish as the M50.
donvito99 wrote: » Quad tracking ends at Hazelhatch, you would have to mix Dart's and everything else beyond that point.
