Cookiemunster wrote: » I'm pretty sure that very wide indicative lines on the map don't necessarily mean a right angle junction. They can easily change the path of the current N21 to tie in seamlessly with the new road.
tubbs26 wrote: » Excuse my ignorance but what is the difference between a relief road and a by pass?
Preferred route by end of 2021
https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring-news/675739/hundreds-of-submissions-received-regarding-plans-for-bypasses-of-limerick-towns.html
Preferred route to be published next Tuesday.
Preferred route published https://n21newcastlewest.ie/
Preferred route published @ https://www.n21newcastlewest.ie
North of the town with a junction on the R521 to Foynes. Planned to be off to ABP in 2023. There is a strong likelihood of this getting built given the pro-bypass plans of the Government
Where did you get "next year" for submission to ABP? The scheme brochure says 2023 for Submission to An Bord Pleanála?
I corrected my initial post there my apologies, I hadn’t seen at the time either that you had posted before me.
Either way, good to see this moving forward. If it does get to ABP and beyond at that timescale the N21 will look very different by 2030.
Yes but will it still be dual carriageway or will it get downsized?
Type 2 Dual Carriagway at best Id imagine. Castleisland/tralee bypass spec.
https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/planning/695324/opposition-grows-over-preferred-route-for-bypass-of-limerick-town.html
For gods sake the Greenway runs alongside the N21 around Rathkeale and up the hill near Templeglantine next to the road itself so that sounds like fishing for problems, it won't destroy it.
The Leader is a rag and these types of articles should be ignored. Theres no actual story here. People have put submissions into the public consultation on a 300m wide corridor. So what? That's what it's for and any issues will be dealt with when is comes to designing the actual route.
That so-called "newspaper" is a joke.
Reminds me of the Sandford Gazette in "Hot Fuzz"....
would have thought myself that if eventually there will be a dual carriageway from limerick city to the kerry/limerick border at fealesbridge.. that having the bypass south of newcastle west would have made more sense as if tempeglantine were to be bypassed it would prob have to be south of the village... and the chosen route for abbeyfeale is south of the town
Great story, bro.
Concerns addressed
It was so obvious that it shouldn't have been needed to be said. Some people just love to stir up a bit of fear for no other reason than it gives them an opportunity to stand in front of a few people talking shite. Its pathetic really.
RTE jumping on the bandwagon https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/1122/1262507-limerick-greenway/
Frankly, RTE stopped being a respectable and trusted organ of the press quite some time ago.
They are still an organ of sorts, but I'm not going to specify which one, on this family-friendly site..
Tender out for topographical surveys along the route.
I posted a composite of this scheme and the Abbeyfeale scheme preferred routes on the Abbeyfeale thread, here: N21 - Abbeyfeale [route options published] — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'
The Greenway groups are most unhappy about the northern route chosen for the bypass, so expect this to be fought. TBH I'm not sure why they went north and not south.
