N8/N25/N40 - Dunkettle Interchange [under construction]

How till traffic coming from Dublin head for Cork City once it's complete? Under the flyover as currently the case or a new route?

Goes East towards Little Island, around the new Little Island interchange and then heads West to the Dunkettle roundabout. A few of us have been going on about it in the previous few posts.

Looks like the embankment /loop for City to Tunnel is now complete. Barrier / surfacing to be completed.

Anyone know if they have started to progress again on the Tunnel to City slip?

I think we’re a bit of time away from that happening. A number of other movements will need to be taken car of. I think a lot of the new links to the south-east of the current roundabout will need to be open before the north bound carriageway moves to the east underpass of the current N25.

It’ll be some time. The current N25 West entrance to the roundabout will need to be closed with traffic directed into the new alignment. At that point, they’ll finish work on the slip carrying traffic off the dumbbell to go towards the city.

I would say at least 3 or 4 months away.

When that loop is finished, will they be able to allow existing m8s to tunnel/city go as far as under the existing flyover before lights are there? Or is it a case of they'll just leave the lights where they are?

Makes sense. Was only a thought when saw the barriers almost creating a segregated lane.

Looks like Link B works will restart soon, hopefully they'll do it as fast as the loop.

It's down to a single lane is it not? While not exactly clear in the messaging, it is only using the left lane. Likely something to do with if heading towards city from east, you're told to stay in right hand lane, then suddenly you're in left hand lane after the diverge

DroneHawk April 2023 Update Video:

The roads coming from the East are really coming along, the video from about 30 sec in shows how complex the series of crossovers were.

The completed bits (N8 -> East) are nicely bedding in with the grass too. Plans are for trees on all of that eventually isn't it?

I’d say all movements except N25 East to M8 North will be open by July/Aug. The embankment needs to the built for that movement. Foundations are in place but nothing more.

That movement will likely require people to continue to Dunkettle Roundabout and double back on themselves to take M8 north.

DEN TV March Update

Open in next 2 weeks so do you think?

I have the east-facing webcam open in a window on my work computer constantly and there’s been steady work all the time. Completing the interface between the bridge and the new embankment was fairly tricky, and even though not much appeared to change day to day, there were up to 10 workers active in that very small area at times. I could also see them doing a lot of electrical work on the part of Link F visible from the north-facing camera too. I’m assuming there will be electronic signage and/or overheight vehicle detectors there.

So when this is finished am i correct in thinking that to keep this junction free from traffic lights then M8 and m25 traffic into the tunnel will funnel into a single lane each?