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M7 - Naas/Newbridge Bypass Upgrade [Junction 9a now open]

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    #3842
    SoupyNorman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    Anyone else notice how uneven the road is after approaching and after J10 South, car fairly bouncing at 120kph


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    #3843
    regedit
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭regedit


    SoupyNorman wrote: »
    Anyone else notice how uneven the road is after approaching and after J10 South, car fairly bouncing at 120kph

    There's many bumpy sections in both directions. It reminds me often to M5o southbound after Red Cow. They took their time so one would expect something close to perfection. Curious will KCC have anything to say to siac when the handover is done?


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    #3844
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Saw yesterday morning a Garda 4x4 parked up on the reserved space just before J10 speed checking.

    Edit: This was south bound.


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    #3845
    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭harr


    regedit wrote: »
    There's many bumpy sections in both directions. It reminds me often to M5o southbound after Red Cow. They took their time so one would expect something close to perfection. Curious will KCC have anything to say to siac when the handover is done?
    Plenty of surface water yesterday around j9 and j10 south bound ... I would say flooded in places.
    Surely that’s not on for a new road and yes I know a lot of rain fell but to have flooding on a new road is not on.


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    #3846
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    harr wrote: »
    Plenty of surface water yesterday around j9 and j10 south bound ... I would say flooded in places.
    Surely that’s not on for a new road and yes I know a lot of rain fell but to have flooding on a new road is not on.

    Makes me wonder was there any truth in that rumour mentioned here last year about subsidence? I agree with others, the SB carriageway fromJ9 past J9A is not even!


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    #3847
    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Nice to see it back up to 120, drove it this afternoon at full speed for the first time since the roadworks started. Felt like I was past Naas before I knew it.

    Surface awful around the M9 merge northbound.


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    #3848
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    regedit wrote: »
    There's many bumpy sections in both directions. It reminds me often to M5o southbound after Red Cow. They took their time so one would expect something close to perfection. Curious will KCC have anything to say to siac when the handover is done?

    Is it not TII responsible, rather than KCC?#

    Drove it also today, first time at 120km/h. Very nice to see it finally done (and finally with a proper limit) but certainly a few bumps.


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    #3849
    MYSTICA1
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭MYSTICA1


    Anyone with any updates on the progress of the Sallins Bypass? Are we looking at Summer or Autumn? Is it possible to get close to the works for pictures / drone footage?


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    #3850
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Is it not TII responsible, rather than KCC?#

    Drove it also today, first time at 120km/h. Very nice to see it finally done (and finally with a proper limit) but certainly a few bumps.

    Funny you should say that.
    I thought my front wheel (which I've been having a slow puncture problem with) was soft/out of balance.
    As soon as I hit the M9 it was perfect........
    Definitely a crappy surface


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    #3851
    Tomrota
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭Tomrota


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Funny you should say that.
    I thought my front wheel (which I've been having a slow puncture problem with) was soft/out of balance.
    As soon as I hit the M9 it was perfect........
    Definitely a crappy surface

    I and a few others have thought the exact same.... probably the lowest quality new motorway I’ve ever drove on. What’s the procedure here? Will the government ask them to redo it?


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    #3852
    jmkennedyie
    Registered Users Posts: 678 ✭✭✭jmkennedyie


    MYSTICA1 wrote: »
    Anyone with any updates on the progress of the Sallins Bypass? Are we looking at Summer or Autumn? Is it possible to get close to the works for pictures / drone footage?

    Progress ongoing but I don't travel during construction hours so not sure of pace.
    From J9A to new Osberstown bridge bypass mainline seems to have at least some layers down.
    Osberstown overbridge ready but it looks like they were building new gateway/entrance into adjacent property before completing the western on ramp to the bridge.
    The Osberstown overbridge needs to be opened before they can complete the bypass mainline.
    The stretch up to canal bridge still needs some excavation, and ramp to canal bridge not completed yet. (Maybe they'll use the excavation to make the ramp)
    Profiling, tree planting on northern side of canal bridge looks complete. Looks like heavy equipment up on that stretch of road at the moment - kerbing and/or surfacing.
    Link into Sallins - saw nothing more than ground works at the Sallins end. Ongoing Irish Water piping laying/investigations happening in parallel and progress maybe pending that.
    Intersection at Clane end - progressing weekly. Kerbing and new roundabout lighting installed on eastern side.
    Nothing major structural to do...summer seems reasonable to me at typical pace.

    Note large Irish Water upgrade includes laying a new sewer between Sallins and Clane and under Liffey over the coming ~18 months. That may be affecting things. Construction of various aspects already underway.

    Re photos, nothing much to show you beyond the photos that were posted by buzzfish a week or two back:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112364891&postcount=3789


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    #3853
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Drove m1, m50 and m7 southbound during the heavy rain on Saturday. The m7 around junction 11 was lethal.


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    #3854
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Cazale wrote: »
    Drove m1, m50 and m7 southbound during the heavy rain on Saturday. The m7 around junction 11 was lethal.

    In a good way or a bad way?


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    #3855
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Cazale wrote:
    Drove m1, m50 and m7 southbound during the heavy rain on Saturday. The m7 around junction 11 was lethal.

    Same again this morning. The pooling of surface water was very bad after junction 10 and especially around junction 11. As soon as I got onto the older two lane surface on the m7 immediately after junction 11 the surface water disappeared. Is it the new tarmac or a drainage issue?


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    #3856
    emfifty
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭emfifty


    Someone needs to get on to TII or the county council asap.
    There have been enough complaints about the new M7 that would warrant a deluge of e-mails stating the obvious sent to info@tii.ie or if someone had a contact, then better still.

    We need to know what's going to be done about the problems as opposed to complaining about the various defects that everyone seems to be in agreement are just not up to standard.

    The book stops with the contractor in my opinion and TII and KCC are overseeing the project, therefore contact them. The more, the better.


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    #3857
    regedit
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭regedit


    TII
    Parkgate Business Centre,
    Parkgate Street,
    Dublin 8,
    D08 DK10,
    Ireland,
    Tel: +353 1 6463600
    info@tii.ie
    KCC
    http://kildare.ie/countycouncil/Contact/

    There's bumpiness in the road both south and northbound. In general, as many agree, a poorly executed contract. I hope as a nation, we move away from the approach: 'as sure, leave the lads alone, they did as much as they could'. There's lack of proper water drainage resulting in spot flooding of the road, surface is uneven, the road markings are as if though the builders got their kids to paint them...


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    #3858
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    It was spectacularly poorly managed. Took nearly as long as it did to build the M17 or the New Ross bridge from scratch.


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    #3859
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,388 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    It's a pity because that road was fully resurfced around 15 years ago and was always one of the better surfaces (chronic traffic aside) on the network. It had started to detioratrate in recent years but I never remember any major stnding water issues or uneven surface.


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    #3860
    jmkennedyie
    Registered Users Posts: 678 ✭✭✭jmkennedyie


    Minor update on previous one..
    - confirm surfacing in progress on the main body of the bypass. E.g. over canal bridge
    - Also the new bypass route into Sallins is kerbed and it intersects the existing road more or less as per OpenStreetMap. They may rekerb/resurface the existing road up to the village Main Street but the alignment will not change much it seems. A swimming-pool sized underground Irish Water Storage/Pumping station has just been constructed in this area.
    - New entrance to private house, roundabout construction ongoing at Clane end.
    - Didn't notice much activity at Osberstown end.


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    #3861
    BelfastVanMan
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭BelfastVanMan


    jmkennedyie wrote: »
    Minor update on previous one..
    - confirm surfacing in progress on the main body of the bypass. E.g. over canal bridge
    - Also the new bypass route into Sallins is kerbed and it intersects the existing road more or less as per OpenStreetMap. They may rekerb/resurface the existing road up to the village Main Street but the alignment will not change much it seems. A swimming-pool sized underground Irish Water Storage/Pumping station has just been constructed in this area.
    - New entrance to private house, roundabout construction ongoing at Clane end.
    - Didn't notice much activity at Osberstown end.

    Pretty comprehensive update, thanks for that. :-)


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    #3862
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Drove up the M7 this morning from J10. Noticed a fair bit of surface water around J9A on the inside lane, but the middle lane had no build up.

    Hate knocking but can see problems down the road here, as well as what has been reported at J11.


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    #3863
    antietam1
    Registered Users Posts: 357 ✭✭antietam1


    I drove from the Red cow and through the toll and and as far as the Roscrea turn off yesterday, have to agree there are some rough stretches on the new parts.
    €1.35 per litre for petrol in Birr.


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    #3864
    BelfastVanMan
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭BelfastVanMan


    antietam1 wrote: »
    I drove from the Red cow and through the toll and and as far as the Roscrea turn off yesterday, have to agree there are some rough stretches on the new parts.
    €1.35 per litre for petrol in Birr.

    Sorry for being an ignorant Northerner...been a few months since I was down that way; how much has that fallen in price recently?

    (Sorry for going off topic)


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    #3865
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,717 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    BelfastVanMan wrote: »
    Sorry for being an ignorant Northerner...been a few months since I was down that way; how much has that fallen in price recently?

    (Sorry for going off topic)

    1.35 sounds more like the current diesel pricing. Not sure on petrol but usually anywhere up to 10c more.

    It's been hovering around that (+/- 5c) for a while now


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    #3866
    mrsoundie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭mrsoundie


    Drove back from Dublin to the Banner County yesterday, found the stretch around Naas a bit skittish, the biggest problem though is the amount of Right Hand and Middle lane hoggers, it was painful.

    Got stuck behind a Mercedes E Class for a bit passing the Curragh plains, gave the slow coach a flash of the headlights and fair play he went into the left lane.

    My passenger and I, both looked in to see who was driving, and who did we see but Danny driving and his brother Michael along side him. Must of had a large dinner, God bless him.


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    #3867
    serfboard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭serfboard


    mrsoundie wrote: »
    My passenger and I, both looked in to see who was driving, and who did we see but Danny driving and his brother Michael along side him.
    [OT]I wonder will Michael claim mileage for that trip - considering that he wasn't driving? ;)


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    #3868
    mrsoundie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭mrsoundie


    serfboard wrote: »
    [OT]I wonder will Michael claim mileage for that trip - considering that he wasn't driving? ;)

    He was only resting in the Car!


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    #3869
    antietam1
    Registered Users Posts: 357 ✭✭antietam1


    BelfastVanMan wrote: »
    Sorry for being an ignorant Northerner...been a few months since I was down that way; how much has that fallen in price recently?

    (Sorry for going off topic)

    I pay € 1.46 here in Dublin, Birr in Offaly seems very competitive.


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    #3870
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    mrsoundie wrote: »
    Drove back from Dublin to the Banner County yesterday, found the stretch around Naas a bit skittish, the biggest problem though is the amount of Right Hand and Middle lane hoggers, it was painful.

    Got stuck behind a Mercedes E Class for a bit passing the Curragh plains, gave the slow coach a flash of the headlights and fair play he went into the left lane.

    My passenger and I, both looked in to see who was driving, and who did we see but Danny driving and his brother Michael along side him. Must of had a large dinner, God bless him.

    Ahh, opportunity lost. Could you not have had a momentary lapse of concentration and sent them spinning back to Kerry?


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    #3871
    The Royal Scam
    Registered Users Posts: 983 ✭✭✭The Royal Scam


    mrsoundie wrote: »
    Drove back from Dublin to the Banner County yesterday, found the stretch around Naas a bit skittish, the biggest problem though is the amount of Right Hand and Middle lane hoggers, it was painful.

    Got stuck behind a Mercedes E Class for a bit passing the Curragh plains, gave the slow coach a flash of the headlights and fair play he went into the left lane.

    My passenger and I, both looked in to see who was driving, and who did we see but Danny driving and his brother Michael along side him. Must of had a large dinner, God bless him.

    I'm not kidding. About 6 months after he was elected the first time I got caught the same . Him ambling along in overtaking lane with 6 cars behind him. I was the third in line and the lad behind him flashed him and he brake checked him twice. Second time was severe enough. Asshat


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