N9 Carlow Bypass-when will it open?

I was chatting to an engineer on the road yesterday evening and he told me that they now have a 12 week plan which they are being told to follow so that the road will be open on time. So based on above post the March 23rd deadline sounds about right.

In regards the ways to get around the town there are a few but that depends on where you are coming from and where you are going and at what times.

I read it will be the summer before its open they might open parts of it before that though.

Im seeing double here, four fitzysheas!

Yeah great news for the town and county with the introduction of the pharma and insurance company.

more info here

http://www.ascon.ie/live/ascon/aproject_details.asp?id=148&section1=1&sub_section=1

patrickc wrote: »

it looks almost ready now, theres speed limit signs up, they were doing road markings on the slip roads today i noticed too.

so it looks as though we're on target for an opening before easter

edit:
just passed Powerstown this morning and it doesn't look near finished, however I am pleased to report that Blue Motorway signs are installed, so it looks like this road will open with a 120Km/h limit

ilovegermany wrote: »

i rang the NRA the other day

They said that they were hopeful for the 'start of May' for the opening of the Carlow Bypass!

thats not easter....:D

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Anyone else dying to break onto the road late at night and put the boot down?!

YES!!! SOOOO MUCH!!!!!

I was also thinking that if I had a quad or ATV I'd love to just take a spin down the site for a look at how its progressing

Carlow section is just about ready to go. But only as far as Castle dermot. You'll still end up stuck there.

Motorway signs until they get to the ends, like the existing M7, after the last junction for the people who can't use it get off, it goes blue.

Thanks to our friends over at SABRE more photo's can be found here

http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=150

no official date yet, but judging by the new markings before castle d today yield signs and markings coming off the bypass, id give it 2/3 weeks max

Exactly, starts at Powerstown dump, bypasses Carlow to the East through Tinryland area with an intersection with the N80 before rejoining the N9 just South of Castledermot (oh the jams!!).

Have a look at the map on the NRA site and you'll see it in detail. (file size ~ 600kb)

http://www.nra.ie/RoadSchemeActivity/KildareCountyCouncil/N9N10CarlowBypass/Map,11523,en.pdf

ShayK1 wrote: »

they seemed to be resurfacing the on ramps in castledermot yesterday.

Am i right in saying that this phase of the road runs from the dump on the Kilkenny road to the carlow side of Castledermot?

If so... I won't get to use it...

ShayK1 wrote: »

ah man that sucks.... why couldn't they continue this phase to bypass Castledermot.
I don't think coming home will be bad, but the morning traffic going throw Castledermot is gonna be horrific!!!

yeh they have them resurfaced a little while , so that end is ready to go

use the back road around castled its quicker

sk8board wrote: »

will it though? It could be the case that there whouldn't be any more cars using that stretch of road until the waterford part is opened, give or take.
It just means that the traffic currently travelling north through Carlow will still be going through castledermot in the same numbers.
so traffic in Carlow drops, and in CDermot stays roughly the same

Traffic will stay the same but its gonna be a bottle neck. 2 lane motorway into a 1 land road. Thats never good. plus.... coming from carlow we'll have to yield to the ring. ie: all the motorway traffic.

I heard the soil banks washed away with heavy rain that is causing the delays

patrickc wrote: »

yeh coming home this morning one looked very dirty alright.

the back road is not as quick coming down because getting out at the junction is hard, but it'll be grand once the bypass opens, as traffic wont be going onto that bit of road where you have to pull out as much.

yeah that's true too. Guess we'll just have to wait and see

Wonder when they'll bypass Fenagh and speed up my commute. 25mins is a joke.......

Sully wrote: »

Where else is done? Anywhere up by Dublin?


Is Castledermot the place where there is a big roundabout that splits of into two (closed) roads which merge onto the new road? If coming from Dublin just as you get to Carlow there was a big roundabout and signs up for the new road, and you could see one stretch done (towards Waterford) and the other stretch (towards Dublin) not done. If you travel further down towards Waterford you get a great view of the road and it looks good before you eventually loose sight. Then you get down past Carlow and you see the work is on the bridges/over head.

Sully, the whole thing is being done in four sections. North to south, they are:
1. End of the current M9 at Kilcullen to the start of the Carlow bypass just after Castledermot (remember we're travelling Dublin-Waterford here). This bit has just started if I'm not wrong.
2. The Carlow bypass - nearly finished as we're discussing.
3. From the other end of the Carlow bypass, a new section has just started which will pass near Paulstown, south of Kilkenny, crossing the N10 (KK-Waterford) at Danesfort (you can see the fences and compound now), and then finishing at Knocktopher in KK.
4. The last bit is due to be finished in Spring 2009 according to the big sign and picks up where we finished in Knocktopher and runs all the way to Waterford. Those big pillars at Knockmoylan (the twisty bit before the railway bridge as you approach Mullinavat) are part of this one. You can see the works near Knocktopher if you head into the village on the main road from KK and then turn right at the bottom of the main street (passing the petrol station and hotel on your right).

I think the last little bit in the Waterford area is being done under the N25 contract (Kilmeaden to Slieverue via the new bridge), but it will all tie together anyway, as far as I know.

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