M21 - Limerick to Rathkeale/Foynes [Adare bypass under construction; remainder pending]

I presume that the works under way relate only to the initial section to go to construction. They must be planning to move on with enabling and advanced works for the remaining part as this tender refers to the whole route.

Engineers jobs for the project just advertised

Probably a phased construction.. They'll get Adare-Croagh open first, but construction on the rest should (hopefully) be well underway when it opens.

If you are a daily/regular user of the road, I fully understand your frustrations and wish to have it dons as soon as. I've been through Adare, on and off, over the last 50 years. Should have been done years ago.

Maybe some people feel it just seems a bit lastminute.com. Rush job, unforeseen problems, blame the contractors, cut corners (pun), scale back…

The over riding principle should be build right, build once.

Anyone know when the Ryder Cup was confirmed? How much time has been wasted?

Prior to all this the original Patrickswell Cork motorway proposal - jettisoned in 2008 envisaged a spur that bypassed Adare to the South. The Adare bypass bit was thrown out on planning grounds, before the whole shebang fell victim to the economic crash. My recall of exact detail is open to correction but an Adare bypass is on the horizon in various guises for a long, long time.

I was on a college tour back in late 99 on the rosbrien to patrickswell and the senior resident eng gave a presentation on the project. Mentioned the alignment at the Adare end was with a view to continuing the dual carriageway to the north of Adare. Charles someth or other, english accent. That road back then cost circa £33 million punts. Mad whan you think backwhy it wasnt progressed shortly after or indeed at design or planning stage.

That was him. Thanks

@Jayuu yep, that's reasonable. Unfortunately "the project should not make the traffic shitstorm caused by the golf-thing any worse than it will be anyway" gets interpreted as "We have to have the project completed because there's a golf-thing happening".

I take it Sorenson are doing the enabling works. There is a deep enough dig being undertaken inside the wall opposite the golf club.

The only reason it's being built is to connect Foynes port to the motorway network as part of the European Ten-T project.

Traffic volumes have to be a justification too. The entire route probably wouldn't justify it. I think once Abbeyfeale and NCW are bypassed with dual carriageways along with the 2+1s and climbing lanes already in place, it'll probably be as good as it gets. Templeglantine will probably be the only semi built up area that motorists will have to endure traffic calming measures along that route. Maybe a few more stretches of 2+1s at other pinchpoints would be of benefit for safe overtaking.