toe_knee wrote: » Just got an email from James Lawless office, audit on Wednesday with an update to follow. "Below is the latest information we have on this road. A Road Safety Audit is scheduled for the Sallins Bypass for the 24th March. The outcome of that audit will determine when the road will open. Once we have firm date will let the Members know. We are working on a resolution for the tie in area at Millbrook and Lidl- the pavement and footpaths here are substandard and will deteriorate further when the traffic volume increases. We will provide a full update to Members once we have agreed an approach to getting this work done."
Golden Horde wrote: » True and I had thought of that myself that the delay was because of the errors on the build of junction 9a and saying it was all to open in one go was a smokescreen to buy time to fix the errors.....but we've not seen any notice of any part of it opening other than this thread.....so I don't know.
BuzzFish wrote: » Bear in mind that the connection from Millennium park to the junction has now been redone, widened and a new signalled pedestrian crossing is being put in place. Maybe these changes were immediately realised after initial completion but the delay since has been due the wrangling over costs and getting added funding for these changes. Completely made up by me but plausible.
WishUWereHere wrote: » The fact they decided to open after the prolonged refusal also puzzled me.
Golden Horde wrote: » I haven't seen it anywhere that any part of the bypass is due to open before the end of the month. The only place it's been mentioned is further up this thread with a quote from Irish motorway info. No mention of it on any of the other usual politicians who would love to be the first with that info - James Lawless, Bill Clear etc. I'd find it strange that they refused to open junction 9a all along as it was all to open in one go, and then go ahead and change that at the last minute. A final push could see this open soon if the will was there.
MYSTICA1 wrote: » I don’t think anything has been officially confirmed? Personally, I don’t see any reason why the bypass can’t also open once the junction opens. In fact, the reason they gave for not opening the junction since its initial completion, was that they needed to open both at the same time, claiming traffic might back up onto the motorway if the bypass wasn’t open to relieve it.
spacetweek wrote: » These are the dates I heard. Don't see why traffic would back up from the junction without Sallins part. Traffic going to/from Naas north could use it for now.
Kevtherev1 wrote: » There was some article or update a while back, cant remember where that said Sallins Bypass would now open May 2021. But i am open to correction. With junction 9A end of march, which has been confirmed recently.
champchamp wrote: » So March 31st is it, or is the Sallins bypass still not confirmed as opening then?
WishUWereHere wrote: » Finally, seems to be closure. I hope they don’t forget to complete the signage on the M7. Half erected signage on a basically new project doesn’t look good.
BuzzFish wrote: » Junction at Kerry Group almost there now. The roundabout has been relined (with a yellow box on it, so queueing must be expected!!). All poles in place for signage. Lighting fully fitting the last couple of days. New zebra crossing added across new road just at roundabout. Further up on the junction itself minor works completing and road sweeping in progress. They could have it completed fully in a couple of days if they keep pace. I guess if next week is spent signing off then 2 weeks seems reasonable to.open.
spacetweek wrote: » I get my info from threads like this! And that info is in turn from press announcements. Previously it was reported here that the junction is opening shortly but the Sallins Bypass element will come some time after.
MYSTICA1 wrote: » However .... Irish Motorway Info website says the following. (I have no idea how reliable or otherwise this website is!)The long suffering new M7 junction 9A is to open at the end of March. This piece of infrastructure has been repeatedly delayed and it's fair to say at this stage that we will believe it when we see it. Recently some work had to be redone to address deficiencies. Note that the Sallins bypass will not open at that time; for now the junction will only facilitate access to north Naas.
pad199207 wrote: » J9a to open in two weeks time
pad199207 wrote: J9a to open in two weeks time
riddlinrussell wrote: » The fundamental difference between colour layers in NL and here, is that here it's a thin layer adhered to the wearing course, in NL the coloured layer IS the wearing course. They mix it into the asphalt.
cantalach wrote: » I don’t disagree with your assessment of what will happen as regards peds using cycle tracks, but what you’ve said about the use of red top layer in NL is not quite correct. Red is only used in an urban context where there is potential for ambiguity, or where there is a confluence of footpaths and cycle paths. But segregated cycle paths in suburban or semi-rural contexts (which is what we’re talking about with the Sallins Bypass) are not usually coloured. People just take heed of the signs. I have family living there. Leaving aside what the Dutch do or don’t do, my understanding is that there has been a shift away from using coloured top layers because they wear very badly.
Tomrota wrote: » Why don’t they put down red or blue on cycle lanes like in other countries? In the Netherlands, you know the path is grey and the cyclists have right of way anywhere that’s red. So pedestrians have to be careful when walking on red patches. What’s going to end up happen is people are going to walk en masse on these ‘cycle tracks’ because there is no difference between a cycle track and a footpath in this country besides a painted symbol of a bike it seems. And that will end up with cyclists using the road, adding to our shambles of a transport ‘network’.
