The causeway through Lough Lannagh.
There are two cuttings at Drumneen, between Islandeady and Westport, which will be the two deepest ones on the entire scheme. The bigger western one, pictured here, has only just started. The local road through here will be closed from tomorrow, August 3rd.
The last of my bank holiday pictures is the eastern cutting at Drumneen, looking here towards Castlebar. The western cutting, in the previous post, will be even deeper than this beast.
The camera's are there to monitor in realtime and record for post event analysis traffic passing and accessing the site entrance. It also allows the security contractor and certain WB staff to be notified immediately of any non permitted persons on the site. Similar installation on the N60.
Nice aerial shot of the works in Islandeady during the hot weather in July. Pic from ROD AECOM.
I was in mayo over the weekend... some project! What is the estimated reduction in journey time from Castlebar to Westport with this?
To be honest Westport to Castlebar will only be reduced by three or four minutes I'd say. Westport to east of Castlebar (i.e. Dublin, Belfast, Sligo etc.) should be reduced by 10 to 15 minutes though, maybe more at peak times. It will also pull a lot of the traffic away from the inner ring road in Castlebar and make getting around the town during the day time much easier.
And of course vastly improving the safety profile of a shocking stretch of road. Same as the Ballaghaderren-Scramoge scheme, major safety benefits.
Nice drone video, from N84 junction to Castlebar west junction.
The Islandeady road is being realigned to remove 2 bad bends. Looking south here towards the overbridge over the new N5.
This will be a perfect road for Sam Maguire 😃
I assume there is no plan to add a small southern bypass of Westport from this to the Louisburgh road ?
Don't see how it could be done as a small add on. No space to cut through Westport house and the Quay so would have to loop all the way around the town on the other side.
They have the land set aside on the town plan but at the moment it's not going to be done. They will go south and build a new road over the railway as at the moment trucks can't go under the bridge out to Ballinrobe at the moment.
Shame really but I suppose it's only about a 2-mile section so wouldn't take too long to get done once after they realise that Westport is still clogged up.
I'm down West at the moment, Some amount of earth and rock has been shifted about. Huge bridges being built too! Going to be some job when finished, Just need the French park to Strokestown to be sorted and it will be a good road to drive finally.
This road is in Mayo not Kerry😅
All roads lead to Croagh Patrick! The old and the new N5 side by side. More pics here:
Any ideas on when the N84 junction Castlebar to Ballinrobe at the logistics plant is due to be finished..? Thought they dug up the old main road very early with all the work still needed on the bridge. Maybe it had to be done that way..
we stopped for lunch in Westport over the summer and I couldn't believe the amount of traffic. Loads of people eating and drinking on the footpaths with huge trucks full of rocks and sand inching past their elbows (possible related to the road building but I don't know why they'd be driving through the town.) It's a lovely spot but the traffic is destroying it.
They did a trial pedestrian weekend on a bank holiday about 15 years ago.
The chamber of commerce hated it as they wouldn't stop in for stuff on the way home! Not realising that the busy road puts people off.
It also caused huge amounts of traffic. If they get a bypass out to the Louisburgh road they should try it again.
Summer 2003 If I recall correctly. There was traffic out to Statoil at one stage over the weekend.
The new alignment of the N59 starting to become much clearer at Creggaunnahorna - Derrynanaff, looking south towards Westport.
Progress update on the new road:
Earthworks 76% complete, full project on schedule for completion by October 11th next year.
If only we could build public transport like we build roads in this country.
Drove over the new Windsor Rd. Overbridge last week. It gives s great perspective on the works below if you get the chance. Lots of earth and rock moved there
If you want an example of the vile mindless parochialism that has held Ireland back on so many occasions, have a listen to this councillor from Castlebar about the new N5.
He's a complete ape, an amadán mouthing off based on 0 quoted sources. The people of Castlebar are relieved this project is underway. He should have been questioned further on these supposed sources and ultimately called out for making a redundant objection to a project that's already long underway. You couldn't make it up. I don't think it's a reflection at all of local sentiment, moreso a reflection of a local politician who thought it smart to raise imaginary representations to make himself sound clever. Instead, he sounds like a bumbling dope.
The best bit is when he says Castlebar is f***ed because people can't turn right off a dual carriageway. There's FOUR junctions to access the town!
Two are roundabouts. So right hand turns allowed.
Does he reckon the N60 and N84 junctions are LILOs ? You can turn every way off those as well
There's this old thought amongst the chambers of commerce that bypasses kill towns.
People who were driving through never stopped off anyway. People driving into the town to maybe shop were also put off with how bad traffic is and should just head on through or head home.
Now people who are driving into your town are driving in for a reason, It's quieter, with less traffic annoying the casual user and they end up buying more.
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