Irelands Ten Worst Roundabouts
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@Peter FitzPatrick wrote:
Newlands Cross is pretty bad & there are no plans to resolve it.
It will be the only remaining junction once the Naas Road Flyovers are finished (this September) & the Red Cow removed by 2008 …
It will be horrendous when not only the The Naas and M50 is upgraded but the entire N7/N8 which will be average 110Kph into a set of red lights and a busy junction! surely there is someone planning to do something about it.
Sdcc. are really make sponge cake out of the road network. they spends millions on the QBC through already conjested Naas road, but leave the rest of the Naas road in tatters including the Newlands junction:eek:
Is there any architects that could upload a photo of their ideal interchange at newlands cross?? just a suggestion.
Dunkettle give me a break. It’s not that bad the N25 underneath moves perfectly the roundabout itself has traffic lights of course but nothing worse than it’s made out to be. Afew free flowing slips added on all lefts will greatly ease congestion. Even putting a cloverleaf interchange would actually bring ever faster traffic hitthing the lee tunnel which will not help in the long run.
Dunkettle will be terrible soon.
Once the Kinsale Road flyover is done, that traffic will jam the tunnel.
Add the 700 houses at Glanmire in a few years.
Add the impact of the North Ring.This roundabout will soon be known as the Red Cow of the South. Everyones underestimating just how bad it will be.
re Newlands – really seems to be nothing planned dave …
a friend of mine grilled a local TD at the door a few days ago, all he got was mumblings about some engineering report that was done a few years ago (sounded like he was making that up) before quickly gibering on about the m50 upgrade & the widening of the naas road …
really doesn’t make sense, every other junction is being eliminated except for newlands, will be pretty difficult to sort out – there must be 8 or 9 rights of way …. some of the adjacent land is in cc ownership as far as i know so there probably is something on the long finger …
…only the long finger is not good enough.
Emailed SDCC about Newlands Cross, actually got a reply fairly quickly.
Basically there is something in the pipeline, they they will do the obvious – either tunnel or build a bridge for the N7 but no more than that …(either way a pretty messy job no matter what way you look at it, fairly unusual to have a full 12 flow junction all on the one level)
Still has to go through all the planning hoops & your woman completely missed my point that this work should have been timed to be completed with the red cow.
Probably looking at 2011.” Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick,
South Dublin County Council and the National Roads authority are
currently examining proposals to upgrade the Newlands Cross Junction.
It is proposed to remove the traffic lights and create a free flow on
the N7. The R113 (Belgard Road- Fonthill Road) will be examined in the
context of this proposal. The options suggested include building a
bridge for the N7 and maintaining the R113 (Belgard-Fonthil)l at its
existing level or tunneling the N7. The scheme will be required to pass
through all the necessary procedures for planning approval: Public
Consultation, Environmental Impact Statement and Oral Hearing before
proceeding to design and construction.The NRA are currently undertaking the three lane widening of the M50 and
the Outer Ring Road Phase 2, (Adamstown to N4) is on site, whilst Phase
3 is at tender with a view to commencing on site late 2006.If you have any queries please contact me.
Donna Lakes
Senior Executive Engineer”
Peter good to see you got a response so quickly
@Peter FitzPatrick wrote:
The NRA are currently undertaking the three lane widening of the M50 and
the Outer Ring Road Phase 2, (Adamstown to N4) is on site, whilst Phase
3 is at tender with a view to commencing on site late 2006.If you have any queries please contact me.
Donna Lakes
Senior Executive Engineer”
Dear Donna
Why are there roundabouts on phase 1?
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