N9 Castledermot to Kilcullen -when will it open?

bottletops · 04-02-2009 03:57PM #1

Just reading this and thought youd be interested. Didn't think it'd finish this year...

156 km of new roads will be completed in 2009. The projects are; N4 Leixlip to M50 Junction; N6 Athlone to Ballinasloe; N7 Nenagh to Limerick; N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown; N9 Waterford to Knocktopher; N9 Kilcullen to Carlow, N51 Navan Inner Relief Road and the N25 Waterford City By Pass

http://www.nra.ie/News/PressReleases/htmltext,15949,en.html

jonny oxford · 04-02-2009 04:02PM

bottletops wrote: »

Just reading this and thought youd be interested. Didn't think it'd finish this year...

156 km of new roads will be completed in 2009. The projects are; N4 Leixlip to M50 Junction; N6 Athlone to Ballinasloe; N7 Nenagh to Limerick; N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown; N9 Waterford to Knocktopher; N9 Kilcullen to Carlow, N51 Navan Inner Relief Road and the N25 Waterford City By Pass

http://www.nra.ie/News/PressReleases/htmltext,15949,en.html

I would of thought it will be a long time yet before its open. From the looks of it there still seems to be a lot of work still to do but who knows.

The sooner the better!

leincar · 04-02-2009 05:13PM

Great news if it happens. I just fear they put it into the wrong paragraph.

HugoIrl · 04-02-2009 08:29PM

Thats deadly, they were planning to push these upgrades so good to hear they'll be done this year.

patrickc · 04-02-2009 08:31PM

bottletops wrote: »

Just reading this and thought youd be interested. Didn't think it'd finish this year...

156 km of new roads will be completed in 2009. The projects are; N4 Leixlip to M50 Junction; N6 Athlone to Ballinasloe; N7 Nenagh to Limerick; N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown; N9 Waterford to Knocktopher; N9 Kilcullen to Carlow, N51 Navan Inner Relief Road and the N25 Waterford City By Pass

http://www.nra.ie/News/PressReleases/htmltext,15949,en.html

jonny oxford wrote: »

I would of thought it will be a long time yet before its open. From the looks of it there still seems to be a lot of work still to do but who knows.

The sooner the better!

i had a good look at it today on the way home, theres the first layer of tar on alot of it... with any luck they'll get there this year

jake59 · 05-02-2009 03:33PM

the head engineer on site on this part of the n9 lives around the corner from me here in Tullow and he reckons the deadline is Jan 2010 and they are ahead of that at the moment....from the horse's mouth as one might say....

Bards · 05-02-2009 04:34PM

jake59 wrote: »

the head engineer on site on this part of the n9 lives around the corner from me here in Tullow and he reckons the deadline is Jan 2010 and they are ahead of that at the moment....from the horse's mouth as one might say....

Can you ask him for some Pics / newsletters?

can you find out what the progress is on Carlow to Knocktopher. Will there be a stage opening?

penny37 · 05-02-2009 10:10PM

hey - does anyone know if any part of the road will be tolled? i drive it everyday and the last thing i need is a toll!!:eek:

jake59 · 05-02-2009 10:10PM

i'll have a chat with him the next time i see him walking the dogs

Bards · 06-02-2009 08:40AM

penny37 wrote: »

hey - does anyone know if any part of the road will be tolled? i drive it everyday and the last thing i need is a toll!!:eek:

M9 Waterford - Dublin Motorway will not be tolled, due to money comming from the exchequer and E.U

penny37 · 06-02-2009 11:09PM

woo hoo! at last .... some proof my tax dollars are being out to good use!:D all we need now is a decent road from carlow to tullow!

patrickc · 06-02-2009 11:34PM

penny37 wrote: »

woo hoo! at last .... some proof my tax dollars are being out to good use!:D all we need now is a decent road from carlow to tullow!

nah we should be cut off from there altogether;)

ShayK1 · 07-02-2009 06:52PM

penny37 wrote: »

woo hoo! at last .... some proof my tax dollars are being out to good use!:D all we need now is a decent road from carlow to tullow!

Whats wrong with the Hacketstown Rd?

Queen-Mise · 07-02-2009 06:58PM

ShayK1 wrote: »

Whats wrong with the Hacketstown Rd?

it is better than the other one, but thats not saying a lot, the other one is so bad. they are some bloody bad turns on the Hacketstown as well.

wheres me jumpa · 07-02-2009 11:23PM

Great news, the already open section is such a time saver, this addition will really make the journey to Dublin a breeze.

ShayK1 · 08-02-2009 07:55PM

queen-mise wrote: »

it is better than the other one, but thats not saying a lot, the other one is so bad. they are some bloody bad turns on the Hacketstown as well.

There's a series of 4 bends before Killerig and 1 after Killerig, that's it.

penny37 · 09-02-2009 07:44PM

depends on what part of carlow ya heading from to tullow- am going from wexford side myself so not heading into carlow.... but i hate the carlow/ tullow road. :mad:.. and its sure a pity that there isnt a decent link to motorway like athy will have... poor tullow ... always forgotten about by council!

ShayK1 · 10-02-2009 09:31AM

penny37 wrote: »

depends on what part of carlow ya heading from to tullow- am going from wexford side myself so not heading into carlow.... but i hate the carlow/ tullow road. :mad:.. and its sure a pity that there isnt a decent link to motorway like athy will have... poor tullow ... always forgotten about by council!

Well, if you hate it then instead of turning onto the Tullow Rd at Walls forge, just go straight (coming from the wexford direction) and you'll come out on the Hacketstown road. As for the council forgetting about Tullow, are you aware than there are council offices in Tullow?

patrickc · 10-02-2009 09:52AM

can we discuss the m9/n9 on this thread and if ye want to discuss other roads open a new thread, or use the random waffle one please

ilovegermany · 10-02-2009 05:53PM

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right thread but I thought the Kilcullen to Carlow Bypass section of Motorway was due to open in late 2010, but according to the latest information from the NRA its due to open by the end of 2009!

Anybody have any information on this?

jiggajt · 10-02-2009 06:51PM

According to the nra website it still says Q4 2010:

http://www.nra.ie/RoadSchemeActivity/KildareCountyCouncil/N9N10KilcullentoCarlow/SchemeName,15481,en.html

Where did you hear that it was 2009?

leincar · 10-02-2009 08:01PM

http://www.nra.ie/News/PressReleases/htmltext,15949,en.html. Its also in a different thread started by bottletops.

jiggajt · 10-02-2009 08:43PM

Interesting!

ilovegermany · 11-02-2009 09:27AM

Sorry, should have included a link to that NRA press release.

I took a drive from Castledermot out the back roads heading for Athy and then headed back towards the current N9 around Moone a few weeks ago. They seem to have done a massive amount of work already - several overbridges open to traffic and a huge amount of tarmacadam type surface already in place - I reckon that with any bit of decent weather it will be open by the Autumn considering that the grade seperated junctions at the Carlow Bypass tie in and the Kilcullen end are largely in place!

Here's hoping!!!!!!!!1

bottletops · 11-02-2009 10:10AM

ilovegermany wrote: »

The Kilcullen end are largely in place!

Not strictly true. There is a lot of work to be done on the Kc junction. The existing motorway end will link to the new road (obviously!). The existing slip roads need to be realigned and the existing road from Carlow will be joined with the current Kc to Athy road.

I think once they really started constructing this we're going to be allowing extra time on our commutes to get through the roadworks!!

On another point the bridge by the Priory looks to be almost complete (no more big hump on the road!), and that's the biggest structure between Kc and Castledermot.... from what I've read

Rabidlamb · 23-02-2009 01:10PM

I wonder if they'll fast track the new Ballitore junction thereby bypassing Castledermot first.

That will be the biggest time saving in the whole project.

steelbar · 11-03-2009 11:30PM

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Great news, the already open section is such a time saver, this addition will really make the journey to Dublin a breeze.

Was thinkinh about that wheb driving home there a while ago

Its roughly 30km from the start of the Carlow bypass (between Carlow and Castledermot) to the end of the motorway at Killcullen
This usually takes around 25 to 35 mins depending on traffic.
When the new road opens you should be able to do at 120kmph (legally!!)

This should take around 15 mins

Which will be great! As we will miss castledermot and that stupid 80km section between Crookstown and Kilgowan (imo the worst part of the road and you always loose phone reception there aswell!)

Heard in the shop the other day that they hope to have it open by the end of the summer, here's hoping..

Mind you if I was the company building it, I dont think I would be in any rush to finish early, and will the govt be able to pay the bonuses if they do??

patrickc · 12-03-2009 12:06AM

steelbar wrote: »

Was thinkinh about that wheb driving home there a while ago

Its roughly 30km from the start of the Carlow bypass (between Carlow and Castledermot) to the end of the motorway at Killcullen
This usually takes around 25 to 35 mins depending on traffic.
When the new road opens you should be able to do at 120kmph (legally!!)

This should take around 15 mins

Which will be great! As we will miss castledermot and that stupid 80km section between Crookstown and Kilgowan (imo the worst part of the road and you always loose phone reception there aswell!)

Heard in the shop the other day that they hope to have it open by the end of the summer, here's hoping..

Mind you if I was the company building it, I dont think I would be in any rush to finish early, and will the govt be able to pay the bonuses if they do??

coming home allow 40/50 mins sometimes from end of m9 to carlow

i heard just before xmas it will open

never lose phone recepton there myself am with meteor/eircom mobile

if people drive properly on it and use the overtaking lane only when overtaking, happy days.. as if though

jiggajt · 12-03-2009 11:01AM

steelbar wrote: »

Heard in the shop the other day that they hope to have it open by the end of the summer, here's hoping..

Please stop getting my hopes up.

I reckon near christmas is more realistic. These things always finish early but then when its time to hand the road over to the council it takes them months to organise the opening. The Carlow bypass was officially finished for 3 months before the council opened it.

Heard on the news today there was two people killed outside castledermott last night. Probably wouldnt have happened if the road was open by now. I guess it shows you how important these projects are.

fricatus · 12-03-2009 12:26PM

steelbar wrote: »

As we will miss castledermot and that stupid 80km section between Crookstown and Kilgowan (imo the worst part of the road and you always loose phone reception there aswell!)

Hehe, I presume you only go as far as Carlow from Dublin, right? Fair enough, as this is the Carlow forum, but if you had to do Dublin to Waterford on any sort of a regular basis, you'd be wishing for roads of that, eh, standard by the time you got past Paulstwon :rolleyes:

(I mean, whatever about phone reception dropping out, sure the blummin radio even starts to drop out between Thomastown and Mullinavegas!)

shenanigans1982 · 12-03-2009 05:30PM

patrickc wrote: »

never lose phone recepton there myself am with meteor/eircom mobile

I always used to lose phone reception between the end of the motorway and castledermot although I put it down to meteor.

Heard about the crash on the news earlier and also heard the road may be closed this evening and over the weekend....anyone know anymore on this?

N9 Castledermot to Kilcullen -when will it open?

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