Access to the city via M20 to close 21st June.

Jumpy · 20-06-2010 08:12PM

zuroph wrote: »

when the road opens you'll be able to exit there when comiong FROM the tunnel direction right?
so, in from adare, up onto new motorway, off at the dock road interchange, around the roundabout, back up onto the motorway dublin bound, and exit for rosbrien. avoiding the traffic at the old crescent rugby road, it will take about 3 minutes I'd estimate?

Except that part wont be open until the 16th of July.

Raiser · 20-06-2010 10:19PM

Its another factor in the death of Limerick's City Centre; Its literally impeding Peoples passage towards the City Centre and conveniently sending them into the Crescent by the thousands.......

- Well done drunken Councillors and half-arsed Politicians!!!!

zuroph · 21-06-2010 05:45PM

I wish they'd just found some way of building this amazing tunnel and bypass without ever having to acutally build it or slightly inconvenience anyone. like, if we all just woke up and it was there :rolleyes:

The road won't enter Rosbrien because of the idiot locals. they campaigned hard for it years ago, then became very fond of their easy access and backtracked. The only people I feel sorry for are the Maldron owners, and even they should have done more research.

The access points to the city will be the tipp interchange, and the dock road interchange. its 5 minutes in either direction. if you want off at rosbrien, swing around the roundabout at dock road and come back dublin direction to exit. Yes there will be traffic delays for a few weeks while the road is finished, but these things don't build themselves.

Mc Love · 21-06-2010 11:43PM

Its still open tonight

xi · 22-06-2010 08:47AM

Is it open this morning?

ink · 22-06-2010 10:10AM

xi wrote: »

Is it open this morning?

No, it is closed now.

Raiser · 22-06-2010 12:03PM

xi wrote: »

Is it open this morning?

ink wrote: »

No, it is closed now.

They didn't kill themselves with local signage advising of the change anyhow - I'd say a lot of People ended up driving 4 miles out to the Tipperary Rd. exit in confusion this morning.....

gryff · 22-06-2010 02:39PM

This is my take on a solution to the closing off of access to Childers road - for traffic on the M20 take M7 for Dublin and new off ramp onto Roxborough road..for traffic westbound on M7 take new exit before M20 exit and also connect back onto Roxborough road...easy and only abour 50p to build-- takes traffic upto roundabout at the shopping centre...much better than down at lights near Maldron...

Raiser · 22-06-2010 02:46PM

gryff wrote: »

This is my take on a solution to the closing off of access to Childers road - for traffic on the M20 take M7 for Dublin and new off ramp onto Roxborough road..for traffic westbound on M7 take new exit before M20 exit and also connect back onto Roxborough road...easy and only abour 50p to build-- takes traffic upto roundabout at the shopping centre...much better than down at lights near Maldron...

Ha?

- Whats wrong with the perfectly good road that is already in place, paid for and was working at least reasonably well until just yesterday?

Poxyshamrock · 22-06-2010 03:00PM

Raiser wrote: »

Ha?

- Whats wrong with the perfectly good road that is already in place, paid for and was working at least reasonably well until just yesterday?

The road in use for the past couple of months was clearly temporary as it involved making a U-turn on what will be a motorway in a couple of weeks.

Kess73 · 22-06-2010 03:07PM

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

The road in use for the past couple of months was clearly temporary as it involved making a U-turn on what will be a motorway in a couple of weeks.

I think Raiser is talking about the inwards stretch of road that passes the Roxboro swimming pool and connects to Childer's road and not the temp section of road.

Raiser · 22-06-2010 03:11PM

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

The road in use for the past couple of months was clearly temporary as it involved making a U-turn on what will be a motorway in a couple of weeks.

Kess73 wrote: »

I think Raiser is talking about the inwards stretch of road that passes the Roxboro swimming pool and connects to Childer's road and not the temp section of road.

Surely we could commission hundreds of Civil Engineers to brainstorm the problem of the missing .25km of tarmac between the new Rosbrien Interchange and the perfectly viable road that currently passes the Maldron Hotel?

gryff · 22-06-2010 03:13PM

Kess73 wrote: »

I think Raiser is talking about the inwards stretch of road that passes the Roxboro swimming pool and connects to Childer's road and not the temp section of road.

But you cant get onto that inward stretch from the M20 once the flyover is open because the exit road taking traffic from the M18 eastbound down and under the bridge to the M20 blocks it.... the temporary arrangement that was in place was they way to get around this...

ps... not much swimming going on in the pool these days...

Raiser · 22-06-2010 03:35PM

gryff wrote: »

But you cant get onto that inward stretch from the M20 once the flyover is open because the exit road taking traffic from the M18 eastbound down and under the bridge to the M20 blocks it.... the temporary arrangement that was in place was they way to get around this...

ps... not much swimming going on in the pool these days...

Perhaps I'm guilty of over-simplification of this - Anyone see any leftover bits of Tunnel lying around at the open-day on Sat?

Kess73 · 22-06-2010 04:02PM

gryff wrote: »

But you cant get onto that inward stretch from the M20 once the flyover is open because the exit road taking traffic from the M18 eastbound down and under the bridge to the M20 blocks it.... the temporary arrangement that was in place was they way to get around this...

ps... not much swimming going on in the pool these days...

Is the pool gone? I learn something new every day.

bazz26 · 22-06-2010 04:03PM

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!!

xi · 22-06-2010 10:56PM

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified,Six-car Monorail!

Jumpy · 23-06-2010 09:48AM

Whats it called?

xi · 23-06-2010 12:23PM

Monorail!

source · 23-06-2010 02:00PM

I hear those things are awfully loud!

limklad · 23-06-2010 02:02PM

I could understand why they did not open one side of the road from Rosbrien onto the Dock road. They been training people for months to use that turn off junction for Limerick route.
Now they are going to undo that Training and cause future damage by closing the junction and force people to others routes that cannot handle the increase of Traffic. If this happen two years ago during the Boom times, we be in a nightmare situation now with extra traffic flows onto already congested routes.

Kess73 · 23-06-2010 02:06PM

limklad wrote: »

I could understand why they did not open one side of the road from Rosbrien onto the Dock road. They been training people for months to use that turn off junction for Limerick route.
Now they are going to undo that Training and cause future damage by closing the junction and force people to others routes that cannot handle the increase of Traffic. If this happen two years ago during the Boom times, we be in a nightmare situation now with extra traffic flows onto already congested routes.

When it will really get noticed is in the autumn when the schools and colleges go back, and all that extra traffic is on the road each morning.

source · 23-06-2010 02:14PM

As Zuroph pointed out, this has been in the pipeline for over 10 years. The locals didn't want that road connected to the motorway and lobbied extensively to have it stopped. They were successful and now we're left with the situation we're in today.

Yes it has become convenient but it was only ever supposed to be a temporary access route during construction of the motorway.

Raiser · 23-06-2010 02:56PM

foinse wrote: »

As Zuroph pointed out, this has been in the pipeline for over 10 years. The locals didn't want that road connected to the motorway and lobbied extensively to have it stopped. They were successful and now we're left with the situation we're in today.

Yes it has become convenient but it was only ever supposed to be a temporary access route during construction of the motorway.

Can we not just "regenerate" Carew Park too - That is if its not already on the flattening list?

- Instant solution......

xi · 23-06-2010 04:14PM

foinse wrote: »

I hear those things are awfully loud!

It glides as softly as a cloud.

limklad · 23-06-2010 06:10PM

Kess73 wrote: »

When it will really get noticed is in the autumn when the schools and colleges go back, and all that extra traffic is on the road each morning.

I have already noticed. After the secondary schools are off. It easy to get onto the road in the morning, but this week, It is a lot harder to get out of my estate with the extra traffic through Dooradoyle.:mad:
I like my summers off too with less traffic going to work.

kojack · 23-06-2010 10:07PM

xi wrote: »

It glides as softly as a cloud.

Is there a chance the track could bend?

Insect Overlord · 23-06-2010 10:16PM

kojack wrote: »

Is there a chance the track could bend?

Not on your life, my Hindu friend!

Mc Love · 23-06-2010 10:31PM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Not on your life, my Hindu friend!

What about us brain-dead slobs?

Jumpy · 23-06-2010 10:34PM

Mc Love wrote: »

What about us brain-dead slobs?

You'll be given cushy jobs!

Access to the city via M20 to close 21st June.

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