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N56 - Dungloe to Glenties

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,023 Donegal Storm
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    marno21 wrote: »

    Does tender award mean they can get started right away?

    They're making good progress with the Dungloe - Leitermacaward section, as well as the big works underway near Dungloe there's another mostly offline section U/C south of the R252 with noticeable progress every time I've passed. With lockdown v2 though I doubt I'll be out that way this side of Christmas again now


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,666 marno21
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    Does tender award mean they can get started right away?

    They're making good progress with the Dungloe - Leitermacaward section, as well as the big works underway near Dungloe there's another mostly offline section U/C south of the R252 with noticeable progress every time I've passed. With lockdown v2 though I doubt I'll be out that way this side of Christmas again now
    They should be underway in Q1 2021


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,666 marno21
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    Fantastic drone footage of the 7.1km Dungloe to Cloghbolie scheme. Quite a lot of traffic management along this stretch, quite irritating for locals.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,307 roadmaster
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    marno21 wrote: »


    Fantastic drone footage of the 7.1km Dungloe to Cloghbolie scheme. Quite a lot of traffic management along this stretch, quite irritating for locals.

    Jesus I didn't know if I was looking at a quarry operation or road construction there!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    From Donegal County Council Facebook & Twitter accounts on 29 January in relation to the Letterily to Kilraine section:

    N56 Letterilly Kilraine Phase 1 Road Project

    Site Clearance works on the N56 Letterilly section of road from Glenties to Dungloe for approx. 3 weeks. Rolling Stop & Go in operation from today, Mon 01/02/21, minor delays are to be expected so allow extra time for travel and any fallen debris on road”


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,373 spacetweek
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    From Donegal County Council Facebook & Twitter accounts on 29 January in relation to the Letterily to Kilraine section:

    N56 Letterilly Kilraine Phase 1 Road Project

    Site Clearance works on the N56 Letterilly section of road from Glenties to Dungloe for approx. 3 weeks. Rolling Stop & Go in operation from today, Mon 01/02/21, minor delays are to be expected so allow extra time for travel and any fallen debris on road”

    Great, we can consider this to be under construction now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    Works are continuing on Phase 1 of the Letterilly - Kilraine Road Project.

    Out of curiosity has there been any update on Phase 2 of this project or will this be started after phase 1 is completed?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,023 Donegal Storm
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    Is Letterilly - Kilraine the section just outside Glenties on the Dungloe side? I'm not familiar with the townland names


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    Is Letterilly - Kilraine the section just outside Glenties on the Dungloe side? I'm not familiar with the townland names

    Letterilly is the townland on the Dungloe side of Glenties near Maas. The current phase 1 works go from here to Glenties.

    Kilraine is the townland on the other side of Glenties, at the junction with the R262 Frosses road.
    The proposed phase 2 works go from Glenties to this junction


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,392 yannakis
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    N56 progress Dashcam footage from the ground - I only drove the section R252 to Dungloe:



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,392 yannakis
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    Longer version from yesterday (15 May) - this time all the way from Dungloe to Cloghbolie.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,023 Donegal Storm
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    I see you have the same experience I do in always getting stuck for ages at all the lights. I must have been through there 10+ times over the past couple of months and never once get a green light


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,392 yannakis
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    I see you have the same experience I do in always getting stuck for ages at all the lights. I must have been through there 10+ times over the past couple of months and never once get a green light

    Absolutely awful timing these lights.. I was visiting the area but I can imagine 10km of stop/go for a couple of years will drive locals crazy..!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    New Temporary Road & traffic lights came into operation on the Letterilly section of this road (just outside Glenties) last week


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,992 L1011
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    The stop-go systems here - both schemes currently underway but particularly on Dungloe to Cloghbolie - are absolutely horrendous.

    D-C has some sections that are basically done albeit probably need a wearing course - road is on new alignment, old alignment or new cycle track is set up - but other sections where it looks like they're still blasting and lots of heavy stone works ongoing.

    L-K is nowhere near as advanced yet obviously. A lot of the stop-go systems have you driivng on the future cycle track I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 dollylama
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    L1011 wrote: »
    The stop-go systems here - both schemes currently underway but particularly on Dungloe to Cloghbolie - are absolutely horrendous.

    D-C has some sections that are basically done albeit probably need a wearing course - road is on new alignment, old alignment or new cycle track is set up - but other sections where it looks like they're still blasting and lots of heavy stone works ongoing.

    L-K is nowhere near as advanced yet obviously. A lot of the stop-go systems have you driivng on the future cycle track I think.

    I counted near 20 minutes of lights on the dungloe section the last weekend I was up there... 20 minutes each way! I heard it's causing headache for the guys hauling material to the Glenties job as they are coming from out past Crolly, through the lights on the Dungloe job every time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,023 Donegal Storm
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    L1011 wrote: »
    The stop-go systems here - both schemes currently underway but particularly on Dungloe to Cloghbolie - are absolutely horrendous.

    D-C has some sections that are basically done albeit probably need a wearing course - road is on new alignment, old alignment or new cycle track is set up - but other sections where it looks like they're still blasting and lots of heavy stone works ongoing.

    L-K is nowhere near as advanced yet obviously. A lot of the stop-go systems have you driivng on the future cycle track I think.

    Its been horrendous for the best part of a decade now, I think people are just beat into submission at this stage.

    As I've said before, great to see these updates happen but the creeping 'few km at a time' method of upgrading the road has meant never ending roadworks and no time savings. In a few years we'll hopefully finally see the benefits but this method of incrementally digging up the same stretch of road means massive disruption for far too long


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,373 spacetweek
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    Yea if they ever do another section such as Inver to Glenties I wouldn’t recommend they do it this way. Far too slow and disruptive. Just build a new offline route.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,992 L1011
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    I think CPO cost minimisation was picked over any other practicality here.

    On D-C there's only one offline section of any note really. The total pavement reconstruction, widening and minor alignment changes will all be a huge help but not to the extent that a new offline route would have been.

    L-K has a lot of beside-the-line works which I suspect will also lead to huge one way systems later on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    Been a while since there's been a post here.

    The Dungloe to Cloghbolie section of this scheme is coming along very well recently.

    About 3km (out of 7km) of this is now completed with final surfacing and lines.

    The longest traffic light on this section at the Doochary junction has now been removed. 3 temporary traffic lights remain on this.

    The remaining parts look like they are coming along well too



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,992 L1011
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    I've to head up in a week or so, and got badly caught for time last time by those lights, so that's handy

    Anyone know how bad the section between Glenties and Maas is these days?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    Sorry for the slow reply.


    Currently, the section between Glenties and Maas is at a much earlier stage of construction so driving through it can be slow.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,992 L1011
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    Trips on Thursday. I'll give myself plenty of time

    One bad dark red traffic patch showing on Google Maps right now; and another at the lake outside Dungloe.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,373 spacetweek
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    Bit frustrating how incredibly long the whole Dungloe-Glenties project will take. Considering that many other parts of the N56 need the same treatment.

    We'd be decades doing it all at this rate.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    Yes, so the red traffic patch just outside Dungloe town is the slowest part on that section of roadworks at the moment, there is 4 roads there with traffic lights (2 on the main road and both minor roads) there at the moment



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,992 L1011
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    So, on Dungloe to Cloghbolie on Thursday - from pretty much everything except one offline section is done or near done. Section at the lake had absolutely nobody working on it but still unfinished / stop-go in place.

    Between Glenties and Maas is still hugely disrupted and its hard to see what's been done in five months!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,373 spacetweek
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    Do we have any idea when Letterilly to Kilraine (Phase 2) will start?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,992 L1011
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    Wills site office signs up on that side of Glenties but absolutely no obvious works.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 dollylama
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    I don't believe Phase 2 ever went out to tender?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ernestcooke91
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    Some good news to report.


    The last section of the Dungloe to Cloghbolie scheme has been opened to traffic earlier today.


    All traffic lights for these roadworks have been removed for the Christmas holiday period.



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