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M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

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  • #9552
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Rathmorrisy irelands biggest roundabout
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  • #9553
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    The have started work on the tuam plaza 200 metres form the m17 it will open December 21 fuel tanks going in this week

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  • #9554
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    What is the Tuam plaza some type of petrol station?



  • #9555
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Petrol/diesel/e-charging plus shop, supermacs, deli, coffee bar, newsagents etc

    Exact same as the rest of P McDonagh's plaza's



  • #9556
    Mrs Dempsey
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭Mrs Dempsey


    Tralee - Sligo was a regular run in the old days - 1980's. No Limerick tunnel, Bunratty to Gort via Ennis & many, many other chicanes. Clarinbridge, Claregalway, Tuam, Claremorris & Knock all contributed to delay. Did the trip both ways yesterday - the Gort to Tuam bit makes a huge contribution. The only bit of motorway not pointed @ Dublin. How did it get built in a Dublin centric country?

    The Charlestown to Collooney bit is an irritant, but back in the (not so good) old days all of the trip was on such roads.



  • #9557
    Jayuu
    Registered Users Posts: 761 ✭✭✭Jayuu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122355317#Comment_122355317

    In fairness the Dublin radial routes needed to be built first. It would have been ridiculous not to connect Dublin with the major cities as a starting point.

    However after they were complete the next part of the plan was to build what was referred to as the Atlantic Corridor. This was announced in 2005 and was a proposed HQDC link running from Letterkenny through Sligo down along the N17/N18, linking to Galway via the N6, to Limerick, then on to Cork, and finally as far as Waterford.

    It was to be built in sections and the M18 was the first part. The downturn in 2008 meant everything got put on hold. After the recovery the first part of the M17 was completed. The M20 part had to be redone and is now only coming to build stage. I suspect we may eventually get the rest of the M17 but I wouldn't hold out much hope for the Letterkenny end or the Waterford end every being built at this point.



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