serfboard wrote: » No need - it's visible here, with the Circle K in the background.
serfboard wrote: » Since you're the moderator 'round these parts, can you please post the link to your own attachment (here) in the first post and update the title accordingly? I'd imagine a lot of people will want to be checking the map over the next couple of years ...
marno21 wrote: » Yes, there will be an exit on the Clondrohid road east of Ballymakeera and an exit where the scheme will terminate west of Ballyvourney
marno21 wrote: » Coming from Cork, just before that petrol station, if you look to your left you can see the shape of the roundabout that’s going there fenced off. That’s where it’ll be starting.
Cork Trucker wrote: » I'll have to keep an eye out for that next time i pass
KOR101 wrote: » Would there be a new exit for Ballyvourney? Hate to see the Abbey Hotel lose out. Always a favourite of mine.
marno21 wrote: » Coming from Cork, just before that petrol station, if you look to your left you can see the shape of the roundabout that’s going there fenced off. That’s where it’ll be starting. The petrol station is ideally placed for bypass traffic when the bypass is complete. It’ll be within seconds of the bypass and the only place to stop between Glenflesk and Lissarda
marno21 wrote: » The petrol station is ideally placed for bypass traffic when the bypass is complete. It’ll be within seconds of the bypass and the only place to stop between Glenflesk and Lissarda
Cork Trucker wrote: » Just around that petrol station so? Feck it they'd wanna hurry on with the rest of it so.
yerwanthere123 wrote: » I think that's exactly where it'll be, the starting point of the new bypass.
Truckermal wrote: » Just beyond the gate of Coolcower house on the Cork side, all I seen first was the deli counter..
Cork Trucker wrote: » Can someone clarify for me how far from here will this roundabout be or am i well off?https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x4844e50bd43aa3a9:0xb72f4865c478b44b!3m1!7e115!4s/maps/place/circle%2Bk%2Bmacroom/@51.8914081,-8.9372933,3a,75y,249.43h,90t/data%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211slYRhQr4589DPYRkgH-c2aw*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x4844e50bd43aa3a9:0xb72f4865c478b44b?sa%3DX!5scircle+k+macroom+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e2!2slYRhQr4589DPYRkgH-c2aw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiP9cHq4bLlAhV4QxUIHWO4DgYQpx8wEnoECA8QCw
marno21 wrote: » In fairness, that Dublin Coach service stops in the non bypassed towns. It doesn’t stop in Rathkeale or Castleisland
serfboard wrote: » I doubt it. DublinCoach run a Tralee-Limerick service which still stops in the towns along the way. I can't forsee a Tralee-Cork (or Killarney-Cork) non-stop service in the next couple of decades.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » You might see a new licence issued for an end-to-end operator though, if demand was there.
marno21 wrote: » Major advantage will be the removal of traffic from the towns so the bus won’t be held up in the towns
serfboard wrote: » I'll give you some examples. The #64 Galway-Derry bus used to serve Tuam. Tuam was bypassed. The #64 bus still serves Tuam. Or, for an even older example, the #13 bus used to serve Patrickswell and Rathkeale. Both have been bypassed and the bus still serves those towns. The only change that might happen is that the bus might follow the new alignment around Baile Mhic Ire to bypass those dangerous bends.
yerwanthere123 wrote: » anyone got any idea about how it might affect the town bus routes? The #40 Tralee-Cork is a big asset to the town, I wonder how often will it still serve the town with the bypass?
Truckermal wrote: » Yes it's true and one of the senior protestors was Mr. Creed..
yerwanthere123 wrote: » I've heard that the Macroom bypass had actually been given the go-ahead in the 80's but was scrapped after complaints from local business people, any truth in that? And on an off topic post, anyone got any idea about how it might affect the town bus routes? The #40 Tralee-Cork is a big asset to the town, I wonder how often will it still serve the town with the bypass?
yerwanthere123 wrote: » I've heard that the Macroom bypass had actually been given the go-ahead in the 80's but was scrapped after complaints from local business people, any truth in that?
Cork Trucker wrote: » Which would make it worse again if you think that from when talk first emerged in 83/84 as you say, to final completion is worst case scenario 40 years it is a bad reflection on government attitudes over the decades be it national or local level. What you are saying about your friend reminds me of a similar issue in the leemount cross area and parcels of land which were sought for planning permission for Travellers, it was refused on the basis that is where the Northern Ring Road will run.
partyguinness wrote: » Oh it was defo even a bit earlier- 83/84. A friend of mine (and I've seen this at the planning office) applied for PP on a site in '85 and it was refused on the basis that they were still deciding the route. One of the options had the road running a few hundred yards away so they kept having to reapply. Eventually they went for the another route (the current) well away from the site and PP granted in '88. So at that stage that Cork CC were settled on that aspect of the route. Now I will say that it was all a little secretive at that time with lads from the Council having to deny rumours. So perhaps it was 'official' in 86 but there was definitely preliminary work being prepped going back a few years. I saw it myself personally.
Cork Trucker wrote: » Someone here told me in the not too distant past this all began around 1986 which would roughly tie in with what you're saying.
