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N25/N30 - New Ross Bypass [open to traffic]

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    #332
    delaido
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭delaido


    News of contract signing gone very quiet....Me feels there's something up!!!


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    #333
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,692 ✭✭✭✭josip


    delaido wrote: »
    News of contract signing gone very quiet....Me feels there's something up!!!

    They went ahead with the Enniscorthy signing when there was a possibility of a November general election.
    Now that the election won't happen until next year, they need to keep the New Ross contract signing until next spring in order to have a timely feel good factor in Brendan's constituency.


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    #334
    Schadenfreudia
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    josip wrote: »
    They went ahead with the Enniscorthy signing when there was a possibility of a November general election.
    Now that the election won't happen until next year, they need to keep the New Ross contract signing until next spring in order to have a timely feel good factor in Brendan's constituency.

    But I thought Labour put the Nation before the Party?

    Isn't that why it's in such trouble now? :confused:


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    #335
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    I made an enquiry, if there are no more hitches it should be December 14th


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    #336
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,692 ✭✭✭✭josip


    jd wrote: »
    I made an enquiry, if there are no more hitches it should be December 14th

    Now where have we heard that before? :)


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    #337
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    josip wrote: »
    Now where have we heard that before? :)

    Same source as this, which was correct re N11 :)


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    #338
    Dr_Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭Dr_Bill


    No news update on the EIB website and the press seem all quiet too, I'm guessing the contract won't be signed until some stage in the New Year.


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    #339
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    The last update was yesterday when it was announced that BAM have been awarded a contract for 4km of road in the Hague .

    It mentioned that the New Ross bypass has yet to be finalised :

    http://www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/bam-wins-motorway-deals-in-the-hague-and-munich/


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    #340
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,692 ✭✭✭✭josip


    They even quoted jd in that article :D
    Irish media reports have said finalisation of the deal is imminent.


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    #341
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    josip wrote: »
    They even quoted jd in that article :D
    Ha Ha :).
    Howlin was down in Wexford Town where some schools PPP was being turned.

    Asked and got this
    "Nearly there..I'll double check. It's actually now being given the once over for due diligence by Standard & Poors."


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    #342
    delaido
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭delaido


    Not looking like contracts will be signed now till the new year!!


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    #343
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Surprise that


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    #344
    Mellifera
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Mellifera


    delaido wrote: »
    Not looking like contracts will be signed now till the new year!!

    Any update on this?


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    #345
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,692 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Mellifera wrote: »
    Any update on this?

    I made an enquiry and my source told me that it will definitely be before 8th of April.


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    #346
    Schadenfreudia
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    josip wrote: »
    I made an enquiry and my source told me that it will definitely be before 8th of April.

    Contract signing or start of construction?

    Oh right...I just clicked on your source!


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    #347
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    Something on this in the Wexford People - not online yet

    THE latest date for the signing of the contract for the New Ross bypass has been mooted for late January. Mandatory 'standstill letters' notifying the award of the PPP contract to Barn Iridium, were issued on December 18. County Manager Tom Enright said subject to the closeout of the procurement standstill period, it is anticipated that the contract will be signed in the second half of January..Cllr Martin Murphy expressed concern that six of the 91 land-owners had not settled to date.I had assumed it would be totally complete by now,' he said, Director of Services for Roads Eamonn Hore said the bypass will go ahead whether the cases are settled or not..


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    #348
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    I've been told signing etc is Monday..


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    #349
    Schadenfreudia
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    jd wrote: »
    I've been told signing etc is Monday..

    OK...but which Monday? :confused:


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    #350
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    The day before the election is called ;-)


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    #351
    Mellifera
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Mellifera


    Or today?


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    #352
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,684 ✭✭✭jd


    Mellifera wrote: »
    Or today?
    Looks like it happened
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208814635951623&set=a.2234414988284.136611.1485233030&type=3&theater
    Minister Brendan Howlin has this afternoon signed the contract for the New Ross bypass. The €230 million scheme will involve the construction of 13.6 Km of dual carriageway. 250-300 jobs will be created during the construction and will massively benefit investment potential throughout Co. Wexford.

    http://paschaldonohoe.ie/ministers-donohoe-howlin-announce-e230m-n25-new-ross-bypass-ppp-project/

    Update: Sod Turning Monday :)


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    #353
    NedNew2
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭NedNew2


    http://www.kildarenow.com/news/co-kildare-company-scoops-e220-million-contract/70432


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    #354
    bg07
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭bg07


    http://www.tii.ie/news/press-releases/N25%20New%20Ross%20Bypass%20PPP%20project/


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    #355
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,675 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    Still presume it's going to be type 2 DC?

    The price tag has jumped by 15 million as well....


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    #356
    Schadenfreudia
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    jd wrote: »
    Looks like it happened
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208814635951623&set=a.2234414988284.136611.1485233030&type=3&theater

    I simply cannot understand why I was so cynical :rolleyes:


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    #357
    Geogregor
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Geogregor


    So, what are the next steps?
    When realistically can we see some movement on the ground?

    The most time consuming part of the project will be the bridge so I guess they would have to start with it pretty quickly.

    Is it design and build scheme or is the bridge already designed in detail?


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    #358
    VR6
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭VR6


    According to the article in todays' Times, work will begin in March.


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    #359
    Mellifera
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Mellifera


    Geogregor wrote: »
    So, what are the next steps?
    When realistically can we see some movement on the ground?

    The most time consuming part of the project will be the bridge so I guess they would have to start with it pretty quickly.

    Is it design and build scheme or is the bridge already designed in detail?

    Go through the initial approvals processes with the client (proposed design approvals). D&B type scheme...they will have to design bridge.
    Think it'll take a couple of months before they start 'real' work. There are all types of environmental constraints on a project that will have an impact.


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    #360
    Geogregor
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Geogregor


    Mellifera wrote: »
    Go through the initial approvals processes with the client (proposed design approvals). D&B type scheme...they will have to design bridge.
    Think it'll take a couple of months before they start 'real' work. There are all types of environmental constraints on a project that will have an impact.

    So, how far is design progressed before the tender?
    We pretty much know the dimensions of the bridge and how it will look like. Is that's it?
    Does the road authority designs the bridge in the sense that it decides about, let say, the type of foundations, how many piles have to be driven, reinforcement dimensions, etc and the the winning consortium only has to design how to build this thing (temporary supports, sequence of concrete pours etc)
    Or does everything have to be designed from scratch by the consortium?
    The second option might take a while.

    I guess in spring they should start building access roads to the sites of the bridge foundations. This bridge will be quite some construction site.


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    #361
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,692 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Aye, Joe's cattle will have the best view of it.


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