dmcsweeney wrote: » The roundabout in Coolcower is online, which I assume means that all traffic using the bypass will have to go through it. Won't this cause huge potentially dangerous traffic queues around the bad bends from the east? And I can also see EMC style queues from the west every morning with impatient drivers trying to merge last minute? Is there any better alternative?
AugustusMinimus wrote: » Isn’t the Western part of the scheme HQDC or will that only be the Ovens to Macroom section?
marno21 wrote: » The entire Macroom-Ballyvourney scheme is 2+2. Macroom-Ovens will presumably be motorway
Cork Trucker wrote: » And no movement on this before 2027?
hans aus dtschl wrote: » Why 2+2 rather than M? Would there really be much savings?
Cork Trucker wrote: » I’d prefer a motorway myself but would settle for 2+2. It’s bad enough they Alan O’Connor of the Green Party is complaining about this project
hans aus dtschl wrote: » I presume it's the same complaint many are making: government is calling for prioritisation of sustainable transport, but not funding it and funding the roads infrastructure projects. The N22 is needed, the problem is lack of funding for most of the sustainable projects.
Cork Trucker wrote: » Yeah I posted the tweet just before your comment
hans aus dtschl wrote: » I don't see why that would happen? On a 3-arm roundabout, the traffic from East would have right of way over the traffic from Macroom so should flow smoothly. Traffic from West would only rarely be trying to get to the East side of Macroom, so wouldn't cut them off. I don't think the problem you're referring to is the roundabout, but rather the fact that the section in the middle isn't being upgraded.
dmcsweeney wrote: » I hope you're right! The difficulty isn't the roundabout, it's the drivers using it...
Water John wrote: » That's from West to East you are proposing? So 120 to 100 to 80 at Coolcower.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » That's how I'm reading it too, and it makes sense. I presume the 2+2 is preferred over a motorway to facilitate slow moving agri traffic and local traffic etc. To me it seems a bit archaic to build such a high spec road and immediately limit the speeds it's capable of. I didn't think it was supposed to operate as a Macroom ring road, rather a long-distance route between Cork and Kerry. Maybe I'm being too idealistic, but it just feels like a wasted opportunity and I'd worry about the usual "ring road" issues. The way Fermoy and Rathcormac were bypassed was done well, I'd prefer to see the same here.
AugustusMinimus wrote: » If Macroom is getting 2 junctions, then IMO it should be motorway to the western most junction and 2+2 there after. The fall in speed limit where the 2+2 starts will cause traffic jams if traffic is high enough.
tonc76 wrote: » https://www.towardszero.vic.gov.au/news/articles/flexible-barriers-how-they-work-and-the-cheese-cutter-myth#Information For Motorcyclists The "cheese wire" story is a myth as per the link above. The safety barrier posts are the real issue when impacted and products are available such as http://www.barriersystemsinc.com/dr46-motorcycle-safety to provide protection for motorcyclists in the event if a collision. In saying that coming off a bike at say 100 km/h is always going to have serious consequences no matter what the barrier type is.
Irish Times wrote: Work will commence within weeks on the long awaited €280 million Macroom bypass, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has said. Mr Creed confirmed this weekend that a contractor has been appointed by Cork County Council on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the project and he expects work to commence shortly on the 22km stretch of motorway. “I expect that the contractor will start establishing compounds for machinery and offices and so forth within weeks and the construction will flow straight from that with a three and a half year construction time frame for the job,” he said.
Apogee wrote: » https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/work-to-start-within-weeks-on-280-million-macroom-bypass-says-minister-1.4057019
Cork RDO wrote: Contract Award Cork County Council has awarded the construction contract for the N22 Ballyvourney Macroom Road Development Scheme following approval of funding from the Government and TII. The construction contract has been awarded to a Joint Venture of Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd and John Cradock Ltd. This follows a competitive tender process with tenders received on the 28th June 2019. Formal contract signing will follow in the coming weeks and construction is expected to commence shortly thereafter. The construction period is expected to take up to 3.5 years. It will provide a 22 km road improvement from the Cork side of Macroom, bypassing the Town of Macroom, the villages of, Baile Mhic Íre and Baile Bhuirne, the infamous Ballyvourney bends, and finishing on the improved section of the N22, just west of Baile Mhic Íre itself and before the County bounds with Kerry
marno21 wrote: » Confirmation of award to Jons/John Craddock JV.
KOR101 wrote: » https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111292007&postcount=872 :):):)
serfboard wrote: » annfield1978 seems to be very well informed, to be sure.
County Engineer: 'Cork to Kerry N22 most dangerous road in the country'
