N69/N22/N70 Tralee Bypass

dmeehan · 19-11-2011 12:22pm

stevielenihan wrote: »

Great pictures. What will the part of the road in the phots you took there at forge cross and between the two college entrances be build as dual carrigeway or single carrigeway?

It will be single carriageway

stevielenihan · 24-11-2011 5:58pm

Diggers have started to move in to the middle part of the raod now as I saw 4 diggers at ballybegan today and they had a lot of mud dug up

tfer · 27-11-2011 12:38am

what is the structure that is being built near the Ballycarty roundabout , is it anything to do with the bypass ?

carchaeologist · 27-11-2011 2:42am

tfer wrote: »

what is the structure that is being built near the Ballycarty roundabout , is it anything to do with the bypass ?

I dont know, i doubt it. It does seem like a substantial building though.

Kerry County Council · 29-11-2011 11:58am

tfer wrote: »

what is the structure that is being built near the Ballycarty roundabout , is it anything to do with the bypass ?

It's a Salt Barn that's being constructed. It will allow for a strategic reserve of salt to be brought in and stored long-term. If the snow and ice comes in quickly, we'll have it in the county already and won't be as dependent on having to travel to Cork or Waterford Ports to truck it down. There's salt barns being constructed around Ireland. Expected to be finished by Christmas.

si_guru · 29-11-2011 12:04pm

Kerry County Council wrote: »

There's salt barns being constructed around Ireland. Expected to be finished by Christmas.

..the omen of a warm Christmas?

Kerry County Council · 29-11-2011 12:09pm

Oh fingers crossed!! The great thing though with the salt barn is that if we don't need the salt this year, it won't 'go off' and will be available for future years.

carchaeologist · 29-11-2011 3:40pm

Seems like overkill for what's only going to be a shed. Any idea on costings?

Kerry County Council · 29-11-2011 5:31pm

Not off the top of my head. Mainly funded by the NRA. Standard silo/shed/barn.

ongarboy · 30-11-2011 11:38am

hope the finished building does not look like an eyesore and will complement/fit in with the natural surroundings.

carchaeologist · 30-11-2011 2:51pm

Kerry County Council wrote: »

Not off the top of my head. Mainly funded by the NRA. Standard silo/shed/barn.

Welcome on Boards KCC. Will be good to have your input here hopefully. There's often council related questions here.

Kerry County Council · 30-11-2011 3:34pm

Thanks Carch. Hope to be able to answer as many queries as I can. Be gentle though! And patient please!!

si_guru · 30-11-2011 3:58pm

Kerry County Council wrote: »

.. And patient please!!

Well you are the council.

Is there three of you there at the keyboard?

[/council bashing]

Kerry County Council · 30-11-2011 4:11pm

si_guru wrote: »

Well you are the council.

Is there three of you there at the keyboard?

[/council bashing]

Really...? Already? Sigh.

si_guru · 30-11-2011 4:20pm

Kerry County Council wrote: »

Really...? Already? Sigh.

I said - [\] - "end of"... we all know it is a thankless task.

I am sure given a bottomless purse you would like to do more for Kerry.

Kerry County Council · 30-11-2011 4:30pm

Cheers Si.

Accepted in the spirit it was meant.

Many thanks for positive welcomes. My aim here is is to let people know what's happening and answer any queries that people may have. Hopefully it will give y'all a better idea of how we operate and that decisions aren't taken by pulling pieces of paper out of a hat.

I don't think I'll have all the answers immediately, some not at all. As you said Si, we don't have a bottomless pit of money, and the economic outlook means that it won't be getting any better any time soon.

That will seriously affect the work we do and our emphasis will continue to be on the core services, roads, water, housing etc.

I won't be able to reply to all but will try my best

stevielenihan · 30-11-2011 6:17pm

why is the tralee bypass site have railing at each of it?

carchaeologist · 30-11-2011 8:33pm

stevielenihan wrote: »

why is the tralee bypass site have railing at each of it?

To keep you out....:p

stevielenihan · 30-11-2011 9:23pm

Ha Ha very funny.

carchaeologist · 12-12-2011 9:04pm

Update 12/11/11
Not much happening on the Ballinorig crossover up untill now, i passed up there this morning. It seems to be just used for access at the moment.

On the N21 outside Tralee they are clearing the opposite side of the road to the site offices, im guessing they will put the planned roundabout in place shortly enough to facilitate access to the site more easily? This happened on the Castleisland bypass.

On the N69 there is large amounts of earth being dug out heading south down the road towards Ballynabreanagh.
Road sweepers are flat out keeping the road clean on the N69.

Pics to follow ASAP.:)

stevielenihan · 12-12-2011 11:09pm

Great news. they have started a lot of work on the way down to ballybegan.

ongarboy · 13-12-2011 12:24pm

thanks guys for keeping the rest of us who are not in the vicinity updated on the progress! Keep it coming!

carchaeologist · 13-12-2011 9:16pm

No prob. I wonder what the legality of walking the route to take pics be?

stevielenihan · 13-12-2011 9:56pm

My pleasure ongarboy. im not sure what the legialty of it would be carchaeologist

Kerry County Council · 13-12-2011 10:11pm

Walking the site is a definite no-go. It's a working site under the control of the contractor, with large amounts of heavy machinery operating all over it. If you were working there you wouldn't be allowed on site without a valid card (safe pass, machinery operator ticket etc.) and without induction talk and health and safety briefing, not to mention PPE (boots, hi viz, helmet etc). Plus the fact that you would be trespassing and wouldn't be insured.

carchaeologist · 13-12-2011 10:59pm

Kerry County Council wrote: »

Walking the site is a definite no-go. It's a working site under the control of the contractor, with large amounts of heavy machinery operating all over it. If you were working there you wouldn't be allowed on site without a valid card (safe pass, machinery operator ticket etc.) and without induction talk and health and safety briefing, not to mention PPE (boots, hi viz, helmet etc). Plus the fact that you would be trespassing and wouldn't be insured.

I thought that would be the answer alright!:D

carchaeologist · 15-12-2011 8:33pm

Heres some more shots taken today from the old Mile height road, just beaide the Ballygarry hotel of where the clearing for the new roundabout seems to be going.
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Looking north

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Looking North again, but more towards Tralee.

stevielenihan · 17-12-2011 7:38pm

Great pictures. Its starting to look like a road there now. They have a lot dug there.

Yakult · 19-12-2011 2:59am

Nice pictures carchaeologist!

Does anyone have a over head map detailing where this bypass is going. All's I know is somewhere from the N69 to.....
The rest i don't know :pac:

carchaeologist · 19-12-2011 11:35am

Have a browse through these, they are all in pdf.
http://www.kerrycoco.ie/en/allservices/roads/n22traleebypass/thefile,4304,en.pdf

N69/N22/N70 Tralee Bypass

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