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Hmm. I thought the road to Macroom is only to be Wide single carriageway.
Would make sense though to dual it all the way to Macroom, to cover potentialy traffic due to housing development etc ?
ANyone know the extra cost of dualling compared to single carriageway ?
Anyone know when the speed limits are due to go up to 120 kph on GLanmire to Watergrasshill, Ballincollig Bypass and Dunkettle to Carigtowhill ?
Is this conference centre going to be similar in shape to the Odessey Arena in Belfast in that it will have 4 sides, and a flat area in the middle ?
Some good news road wise.
Cork Co Co are going to push through speed limit adjustments in regards to High Quality Dual Carriageways.
The followings roads are going to be upped to 120k/ph
1. The N8 from the 450 meters before the foot bridge above glanmire to the start of the M8 at Watergrasshill.
2. On the N25 from the Dunkettle INterchange to past Carrigtwohill.
3. The Ballincollig bypass.No doubt that the eventual Mitchelstown bypass will get similar treatment.
Anyone have any information on the potential sale of Douglas Golf club ?
Just looking at the image below, I’m just wondering does anyone else know if there is going to be further developments in the Duoglas. I know the area between Donnybrook and Douglas Golf course looks to be a prime area. Also anyone know if a road between Donnybrook and the old Carrigaline road is finally going to be built ?
So there are plans on the long finger for a full free flowing junction at the site ? Better than nothing I guess.
With the N4 and N7 junctions with the M50 getting free flow junctions isn’t it about time that the Dunkettle Interchage also gets upgraded to having free flowing junctions. It took me 25 minutes to get from the Rochestown round about to the lee tunnel this evening. Putting traffic lights on the roundabout has brought a lot of improvement but surely this should be the way forward. I can imagine this will only get worse and worse, even more so when the Sarsfield Road and Bandon Road roundabout flyovers are completed.
Is there enough space for a free flowing junction at north side of the lee tunnel and would it still be possible to keep the slip roads for Glounthaune.
Regarding the 100 and 80 kph speed limits.
I’ve been saying for a long time regarding this mess. One of the worst examples being the old Cork to Fermoy road. It is now being limited at 80 kph eventhough is is quite obviously up to and beyond 100 kph standard. If anything, this is going to cause accident with some people trying to overtake people driving at 80 kph.
The NRA has to get a more common sense approach. Each road should be reviewed for what it is and not what it is called.
@Pug wrote:
maybe that was in fact its purpose, it didnt say anything new at all
Article elsewhere in the paper stating that Councillor Ciaran Lynch was tabling a motion to J Gavin to initiate a feasibility study into building a muli discipline decent sized stadium in the docklands – I say we all give him a hand, email his website or get him to set up some petition type email link to get everyone involved
This would be very good for the city. We’ve seen how the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick have been a white elephant and the new Thomond Park could be too.
Say a 40,000 all seater up to UEFA Standard would be fantastic for Cork. Build it over the ruins that are Pairc Ui Caoimh with Cork Co Co getting a 100 year lease on the site from the GAA. Could see minor International Football and Rugby matches being played there along with Munster Rugby and Cork City Big European games.
Adding a slip road from the Douglas Road onto the South Ring Road going west would do an awful lot for improving the traffic situation in Douglas.
There’s a lot of traffic being forced to go up the Rochestown road for no reason trying to get onto the South Ring Road.
Big rumours going around.
Anyone else here that the NRA is about to unveil a whole 120KM scheme where a lot of roads build to High Quality Dual Carriageway standard, which are deemed OK to do so, will be upgraded to 120K/h under local bye laws.
For Cork, this would mean such roads as the Watergrasshill Bypass and the Ballincollig bypass with the possibility of the Little Island to Carrigtowohill roads being upped to 120k/h
It would also mean that the Cork to Dublin road, which will not be all motorway, will be 120k/h from the top of Glanmire to Naas.
@corcaighboy wrote:
saw this in today’s Irish Independent….would obviously agree that some sort of tram system would be beneficial. But someone should tell him that his proposed Cork-Midleton rail link is in advanced planning.
Cork needs LUAS system to combat congestion
15:14 Monday December 11th 2006The Green Party today unveiled proposals for a new light tram system like the LUAS for Cork City.
Green leader Trevor Sargent said badly needed transport projects like the Macroom by-pass have been ignored in Cork because they are not Transport 21 projects.
He said Cork City needed a LUAS to combat traffic congestion.
He also proposed a Cork Harbour water bus service and the re-opening of the Midleton to Cork railway line.
Proposepd railway line. This after it being annouced to reopen a year ago.
Stupid question, but does anyone know why you can listen to the radio the whole way through the Lee Tunnel at the moment ?
I don’t think that road I am talking about is an old road. According to the developments in Cork thread 200000 is being spent on its design and it to link to the N22 on the “Western Road”.
Anybody know anything about the Inner Link Road – Blackpool By-Pass to the N22
A new road linking the Western Road to the Blackpool bypass. I’ve been stuggling for the last few days to figure out how this one is going to work. Any ideas. Anyone know the details ?
Could someone explain to me what the “Inner Link Road – Blackpool By-Pass to the N22 ” is ? I’ve never heard of this. WHere is the road starting and ending ?
Considering the cost and the potential traffic problems of replacing that level crossing and considering the accident last week, is it finally time to do a big job on the skew bridge and straighten it out further ?
@pablo wrote:
Hey guys,
Im new here.. well iv been logging on and following discussions for a while now.
But anyway, I have two questions. Number one – Whats happening in the old “Sir Henrys” site?
and two – That tringular piece of ‘boarded off’ land by the bridewell cop shop? Any ideas or Renders?On the sir henry’s site. Not much I think. I remember seeing a high rise proposal in the old thread, which would take in the Sir Henry’s site and the car park beside. Looked really nice, except I think it would block views of St Finbarres from the city centre.
Just wondering, but with all the recent press interest in the number of the deaths on the roads, is the following true.
As it stands, Ireland has one of the highest rural to urban population ratios in Europe, if not the very highest, meaning that a much higher proportion of people in Ireland live in the country side than any other country.
Due to this fact, people in Ireland would be driving on Regional roads more than in other countries.
Isn’t this an obvious explanation for the amount of crashes on our roads which no-one seems to be seeing ?
I mean, us and New Zealand have exactly the same death rate of 10 in 10,000 while a more urban based country like Britain has only 5 in 10,000
