Western Distributor Road

BronsonTB · 16-12-2020 11:08am #1

"Western Distributor Road will be open before Christmas."

Still looking like January before we see this road open...a lot of work going on but looks to be very slow progress. I presume they'll finish up for Christmas next week & will be off until early Jan.

Fingers crossed it makes a difference when it does open. Would have been handy with the recent fire on Larkhill road.

rovers_runner · 16-12-2020 1:34pm

Passed it at lunchtime yesterday.
They do seem to be going hard at it but miles behind their deadline(s) at this stage.

Knowing Sligo Co. Co. it will be left on the long finger so they can argue for time penalties on the payments.

shanec1928 · 16-12-2020 2:53pm

the delay was due to one of the companies going bust no?

BronsonTB · 16-12-2020 3:54pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

the delay was due to one of the companies going bust no?

That might explain a few months of no movement on any works.

18-12-2020 2:47pm

If it doesnt open this weekend then it will run into the new year I suppose.

T-Bird · 18-12-2020 4:42pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

If it doesnt open this weekend then it will run into the new year I suppose.

There is no mention of it in the weekly roadworks email from SCC. Hopefully that's a good sign rather than an overlook.

Gipo3 · 22-12-2020 3:47pm

Now opening January
https://www.sligococo.ie/News/WDROpeningJanuary/

BronsonTB · 22-12-2020 3:54pm

Gipo3 wrote: »

Now opening January
https://www.sligococo.ie/News/WDROpeningJanuary/

Very very disappointing but do appreciate the update & link.
Fingers crossed there is no further delays getting this open in the new year.

23-12-2020 1:04pm

The cycle lanes look great and what a vista heading towards the Strandhill road!

sligojoek · 23-12-2020 2:25pm

Looks like a lovely job. Anyone know where I see a map of the route? I can't find anything on the CoCo site.

On another note They've completed 1.1 Km from Henry's towards Grange. Seems to be done now till after xmas. Huge improvement from what it was

ryanch09 · 23-12-2020 3:20pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Looks like a lovely job. Anyone know where I see a map of the route? I can't find anything on the CoCo site.

On another note They've completed 1.1 Km from Henry's towards Grange. Seems to be done now till after xmas. Huge improvement from what it was

OpenStreetMap have it on their map as a dashed yellow/white road (I'm guessing that's what colour they designate routes under construction) https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/54.2609/-8.4935

sligojoek · 23-12-2020 3:24pm

Perfect.

Thanks

T-Bird · 23-12-2020 4:04pm

I would have never thought it was a 9km stretch, I would have guessed at 3km.

Gipo3 · 23-12-2020 5:51pm

T-Bird wrote: »

I would have never thought it was a 9km stretch, I would have guessed at 3km.

What's 9km? Not the WDR, it's only 2km or so.

T-Bird · 24-12-2020 12:37am

Gipo3 wrote: »

What's 9km? Not the WDR, it's only 2km or so.

From the link in OP

Scheme details
9km of single urban distributor road between the existing N4 junction (Caltragh) and the existing Ballydoogan RoadVerges with 2km cycleway and 2m footway on each side of the carriageway.

I dunno, maybe the whole stretch is 9k from the N4 junction to Finisklin. But it seems an awful long way round. I could be reading it wrong..

Gipo3 · 24-12-2020 2:28pm

Typo I would say. Never 9km.

25-12-2020 9:15pm

More like 1.9 km, I’d say!

sligojoek · 26-12-2020 1:14am

9 Km is just 5 and a half miles. It's not as the crow flies.

BronsonTB · 29-12-2020 11:34am

First think I'll do when I get to go on it, set the speedo & measure the distance

EmptyTree · 29-12-2020 12:16pm

Just measured it on Google maps, came up with 1.8km, add another 100m for bends etc and 1.9km seems about right

29-12-2020 6:09pm

EmptyTree wrote: »

Just measured it on Google maps, came up with 1.8km, add another 100m for bends etc and 1.9km seems about right

Thought as much!

06-01-2021 12:53pm

Wonder will it open now due to the latest lockdown! Is there any work taking place on it this week?

shanec1928 · 06-01-2021 1:16pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Wonder will it open now due to the latest lockdown! Is there any work taking place on it this week?

The never said what year it would open knowing Sligo coco it will be 2022 :pac:

Basq · 06-01-2021 1:27pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Wonder will it open now due to the latest lockdown! Is there any work taking place on it this week?

Looks to be very little work going on there at the minute.

red bellied · 07-01-2021 11:00am

I walked out it a couple of times looks finished as far as I can see.

T-Bird · 07-01-2021 11:30am

I think they are trying to find the other 6k they budgeted for... :eek:

shanec1928 · 08-01-2021 7:15pm

Allegedly to open on the 11th

dingding · 08-01-2021 8:15pm

Open for traffice, Monday 4pm

worlds goodest teecher · 08-01-2021 9:04pm

Construction work on the Sligo Western Distributor Road Phase II is completed & will be opened to traffic on Monday January 11th from 4pm. @OceanFmIreland @IDAIRELAND @IDANorthWest @sligoweekender @SligoChampion @Sligo
https://t.co/3eCrKZCyry
https://t.co/edJHxvsOnE https://t.co/ods6zVmRnK

T-Bird · 09-01-2021 2:04am

BTW the distance is 1.9km, someone did indeed make a typo and left out the "1." on the SCC website, which is still there....

"9km of single urban distributor road between the existing N4 junction (Caltragh) and the existing Ballydoogan Road"

at least the FB page has it corrected

"Scheme details
The road will link the N4 National Primary Road at the Caltragh interchange with the Roger Eames road Ballydoogan and to the R292 Strandhill Road.
1.9km of single urban distributor road between the existing N4 junction (Caltragh) and the existing Ballydoogan Road"

11-01-2021 3:50pm

It’s open now, just saw traffic heading toward Caltragh roundabout!

BronsonTB · 11-01-2021 6:03pm

Could say lots of negative stuff but instead I'll just say delighted to see this finally open.

joujoujou · 12-01-2021 3:23pm

Hello everybody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEoBuDbuhQ

Radharc na Sleibhte · 12-01-2021 6:17pm

joujoujou wrote: »

Hello everybody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEoBuDbuhQ

What’s the first roundabout exits? I presumed it was straight from N4 to Kevinsfort.

Basq · 12-01-2021 6:28pm

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

What’s the first roundabout exits? I presumed it was straight from N4 to Kevinsfort.

Looks to be Maugheraboy first exit, Dublin second exit (straight) and Oakfield third exit.

My commute from Caltragh to Finisklin will be a breeze... when I ever get back to doing a commute!

Radharc na Sleibhte · 13-01-2021 8:27pm

Basq wrote: »

Looks to be Maugheraboy first exit, Dublin second exit (straight) and Oakfield third exit.

My commute from Caltragh to Finisklin will be a breeze... when I ever get back to doing a commute!

Oh yeah, cant get my head around that. Ill have to “get lost” after Lidl in the morning for a snoop

Victor · 14-01-2021 12:21am

Mapped here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/54.2654/-8.4955

I would be grateful if people could get the numbers of the local roads off the WDR, so I can map them.

BASHIR · 14-01-2021 3:12pm

Looks great, hopefully should shave a few mins into finisklin from the colooney side

BronsonTB · 14-01-2021 3:58pm

BASHIR wrote: »

Looks great, hopefully should shave a few mins into finisklin from the collooney side

Don't think it'll do much time wise as it's currently quicker to go through/out of town but it will mean less being stuck in traffic when schools & traffic levels return to normal. (Longer route than town)

I do note the traffic light sequence has not been updated so you get stopped at the lights at strandhill road & St Mary's junctions a lot. Not as free flowing as it really should be. But that might change when the volume picks up.

shanec1928 · 14-01-2021 4:52pm

BronsonTB wrote: »

Don't think it'll do much time wise as it's currently quicker to go through/out of town but it will mean less being stuck in traffic when schools & traffic levels return to normal. (Longer route than town)

I do note the traffic light sequence has not been updated so you get stopped at the lights at strandhill road & St Mary's junctions a lot. Not as free flowing as it really should be. But that might change when the volume picks up.

i don't know why they didn't put a roundabout there when they had the space to do so.

BronsonTB · 14-01-2021 4:59pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

i don't know why they didn't put a roundabout there when they had the space to do so.

Ref: St Mary Junction

Poor planning management & short shortsightedness from the Co Co.
Lights should be always green on the new road & only change when traffic from the side roads approach (at least Mon - Fri) or longer timed change intervals. But if no traffic on the side roads then they should not have a green light making new road traffic stop.

Gipo3 · 14-01-2021 7:58pm

Who knew we had a couple of road design experts on the Sligo forum?

dingding · 14-01-2021 11:37pm

Gipo3 wrote: »

Who knew we had a couple of road design experts on the Sligo forum?

Don't forget the roundabout on the dual carriageway to get to KFC quicker.

Some classics over the years

Bebo stunnah · 26-01-2021 5:05pm

BronsonTB wrote: »

Don't think it'll do much time wise as it's currently quicker to go through/out of town but it will mean less being stuck in traffic when schools & traffic levels return to normal. (Longer route than town)

I do note the traffic light sequence has not been updated so you get stopped at the lights at strandhill road & St Mary's junctions a lot. Not as free flowing as it really should be. But that might change when the volume picks up.

The light sequence heading South at the St. Marys juction was never a problem, you could coast to it at the speed limit and it would change before you'd stop.
Those lights aren't there to provide free flowing traffic, they're there as a traffic calming measure, and for traffic management; the road does run between a built up area and a public park after all.

The light sequence may well change to prioritise traffic coming from Finisklin onto the R869, rather than that on the Strandhill Road, but they'll need to carry out a survey to determine that.
I'm glad to see it open, it should prove to be a massive benefit to the town when people are back to work and schools fully reopen.

BronsonTB · 16-03-2021 12:12pm

With schools back having this helps in the mornings...

Stop & go in place on part of it during the day at lunch 'for road maintenance' did not help!

Arnold54321 · 20-03-2021 8:12am

Any sign of the N4-N15 improvement scheme being completed? I believe it was initially thought the work would last a short duration but is really dragging on now. Is there any end in sight? Not sure after the improvement work it will make traffic better for people in Rosses Point for example.

Gipo3 · 20-03-2021 4:09pm

Arnold54321 wrote: »

Any sign of the N4-N15 improvement scheme being completed? I believe it was initially thought the work would last a short duration but is really dragging on now. Is there any end in sight? Not sure after the improvement work it will make traffic better for people in Rosses Point for example.

https://www.sligococo.ie/N4-N15/

Arnold54321 · 20-03-2021 4:21pm

Gipo3 wrote: »

https://www.sligococo.ie/N4-N15/

Thanks.

Works are now anticipated to be completed by Q2 2021 - let’s hope they stick to this timeframe. Have a feeling it may run over again.

The ‘benefits’ of the project are very questionable. Felt this project was not necessary, it almost appeared Sligo council had money to spend and went with this for the sake of it.

Benefits:

This ITS investment will improve safety, offer consistency in travel times and reduce congestion that will allow for fuel efficiency, as well as reduce air pollution.

The system will also have the capacity to allow for Emergency Vehicle green waves and the potential for public transport priority.

redarmyblues · 21-03-2021 10:30pm

Arnold54321 wrote: »

Thanks.

Works are now anticipated to be completed by Q2 2021 - let’s hope they stick to this timeframe. Have a feeling it may run over again.

The ‘benefits’ of the project are very questionable. Felt this project was not necessary, it almost appeared Sligo council had money to spend and went with this for the sake of it.

Benefits:

This ITS investment will improve safety, offer consistency in travel times and reduce congestion that will allow for fuel efficiency, as well as reduce air pollution.

The system will also have the capacity to allow for Emergency Vehicle green waves and the potential for public transport priority.

They put the bridge in the wrong place originally band ever since they have been literally and metaphorically in a hole and digging.

sligojoek · 22-03-2021 12:13am

redarmyblues wrote: »

They put the bridge in the wrong place originally band ever since they have been literally and metaphorically in a hole and digging.

I was told that years ago. Hence that little "chicane" just before you hit the bridge coming in on the N15.

sligojoek · 22-03-2021 12:20am

sligojoek wrote: »

I was told that years ago. Hence that little "chicane" just before you hit the bridge coming in on the N15.

Mayby we're talking about two different things. Did you mean the bridge should be somewhere else?

Western Distributor Road

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