THE_Chris
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At least part of it HAS to be M, as it will lead inescapably to the M6. That part of the M6 will probobly be M, as its being financed by a private company and M looks better than N, just like the Fermoy bypass.
News from the Cork RDO website ->
http://www.corkrdo.ie/n25_carrigtwohill_midleton_interchanges_current_stage.php
N25 interchanges Carrigtwohill to Midleton scheme has been scrapped for now.
Theres no real reason why one has to override the other, but it is political “Get the interurbans done” that gives the N8 priority. Cork – Limerick connection is low priority, although I have read elsewhere that the NRA are pushing at least this section of the N20.
Yeah I agree that it should be done, but safety and priorites should dictate that the Fermoy – Mitchelstown, with its new relief road and basicially 2+1 most of the way should be postponed until the worst section of the N20 (single carriageway, no hard shoulder, poor line of sight) is done.
My view FWIW. Although the work should have been done by 2006 and heads should roll for that, a 16km stretch of single carriageway, 2+1 and a relief road should be a lower priority than a road that is nothing but a national disgrace.
Its a good idea, but surprisingly little of the current CIE area will be used for Public Transport, which is stupid.
I would play slight devils advocate with that section of the Cork-Dublin road. With the Mitchelstown relief road it isnt QUITE necessary yet. I’ve long said that that section should be postponed and the money put into the Mallow-Croom section of the N20.
As it stands, Mitchelstown – Fermoy is in reasonable condition and although it is necessary to make it motorway soon, it can wait till that section of the N20 is done.
But its more political to get the whole of the N8 to motorway standard though, and not fix a dreadful part of the N20 first 🙁
The Green Party councillor said he was hopeful that the project would go ahead and said that if all went to plan, the new Luas could be up and running by 2012.
Some hope.
Would be nice to see in 5 years time, but in the short term a couple of million (short change almost) thrown into the bus services in Galway (and Cork) would be nice.
biggest ever regeneration plan in the West of Ireland, which will also be the biggest every tourism project in the country.
Who proofread that??
Moving the airport is a ridiculous idea. Its in a good location, it just has rubbish transport links. A reasonably regular bus service there would be fine, or integrate it with any future Luas style plan. Its getting a junction nearby on the new N6, what the hell is the point of moving it??
Sorry for the delay (busy!) but heres the R624 Fota road documentation. I took photos of it and popped it into a zip file.
Its too big for upload to Archiseek, so I’ve had to put it on Sendspace.
Leftclick on this, then leftclick on the link at the bottom. The site is clean, I use it often.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/muwjss
If it grumbles, try again later.
If the link expires, post here and I’ll reupload.
Comments on the alignment and issues related to it??
Yeah I didnt get a chance to scan it, will do it when I’m home in a few days.
They picked the most sensible route, which was the one with the long bridge straight over the estuary.
From what I gathered, its going to be dual carriageway the whole way (from IFI to Sheraton entrance).
Second public consultation for the R624 (Fota road) upgrade to Cobh took place today in the Sheraton, Fota Island.
Yours truly drove a long way to get there and has the documents which he will scan tomorrow, as well as some more information about the scheme.
Friend of a friend is one of the people involved in the waterbus thing. He’s anticipating a 35 minute trip from Cobh to Cork. How that’ll work with the speed restrictions I dont know. Also, where he drops people off in Cork is absolutely critical.
Thats stupid. Every airport HAS TO HAVE A RAILWAY LINK.
Damn it the West are always complaining about Shannon, if the airport was well railway linked and the Limerick – Cork mess sorted out, you could concievably get a rail service from Cork and Galway (and possibly Dublin) through to Shannon. That would be fantastic rather than the current buses.
Crossposting this from the Cobh thread –
Commuter ferry service to set sail E-mail
Written by David Forsythe
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Details of a state-of-the-art catamaran ferry service that will link Cobh to the city centre in just half an hour will be announced shortly according to Cork City councillor Terry Shannon.The Cork Harbour Cats service will operate three 250-seater catamarans that will whisk commuters from around Cork Harbour into the city centre, avoiding the traffic gridlock experienced daily during rush hour in the south east of the city.
According to Cllr Shannon the service will operate three brand-new catamarans costing €3 million each which will be able to operate in all weather conditions. On-board seating will be similar to that seen on airliners and the boats will include on-board coffee bars.
Daily services will be operated from Cobh, Aghada, Carrigaloe, Monkstown, Passage and Blackrock to the city centre and the company also plan to operate tourist services around Cork Harbour. The service, operated by a Cork-based consortium is expected to begin in 2010 and will create 45 jobs.
Cllr Shannon said, “The Council has already completed the feasibility study and talks involving the operator, City Council, County Council and Port of Cork are at an advanced stage. There are a few issues still to be ironed out but we hope to be able to make a detailed announcement in January”.
Cllr Shannon also confirmed that designs for the three proposed new bridges as part of the Docklands development will allow the catamarans to operate into the city centre without any problems.
http://www.corkindependent.com/local-news/local-news/commuter-ferry-service-to-set-sail/[
