M20 - Cork to Limerick [preferred route chosen; in design - phase 3]

Reputable Rog

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

The N20 is closed just before Rathduff village.

Chaos is going to ensue.

Looks like I chose a good day to take off.

Isambard

north or south of Rathduff? accident or roadworks? Diversionary route?

boardsuser1

Accident,North bound is fully closed, southbound is down to one lane, there is also a collision on the diversion route.

Road is expected to be closed until lunchtime.

grogi

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

The N20 is closed just before Rathduff village.

Chaos is going to ensue.

Getting out from the city to South Ring Road today was a mayhem today... Was that the cause?

boardsuser1

grogi wrote: »

Getting out from the city to South Ring Road today was a mayhem today... Was that the cause?

It certainly wouldn't have helped.

Traffic going from the Mallow road right through to the Tunnel/S.R.R is bad enough at the best of times, but this will make it far worse.

Were you delayed longer than usual?

boardsuser1

Collision involved a motorcyclist.

http://corksafetyalerts.com/news/n20-cork-limerick-road-closed

AugustusMinimus

We should be thankful for the boreen that Enda has provided.

grogi

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

It certainly wouldn't have helped.

Traffic going from the Mallow road right through to the Tunnel/S.R.R is bad enough at the best of times, but this will make it far worse.

Were you delayed longer than usual?

Yes, around 20 mins longer.

Isambard

traffic notwithstanding, my sympathies to all those involved.

boardsuser1

It was an on duty Garda motorcyclist, wow :eek:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/garda-motorcyclist-seriously-injured-in-crash-near-mallow-808599.html

grogi

Isambard wrote: »

traffic notwithstanding, my sympathies to all those involved.

Absolutely - that is just a inconvenience for us, life changing for the participants.

It only shows how stretched the infrastructure is in Cork...

boardsuser1

grogi wrote: »

Yes, around 20 mins longer.

That's crazy.

Reputable Rog

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

It was an on duty Garda motorcyclist, wow :eek:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/garda-motorcyclist-seriously-injured-in-crash-near-mallow-808599.html

Wonder is the same fella that's always lurking around there?

boardsuser1

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Wonder is the same fella that's always lurking around there?

I know the fella, he was doing a speed trap at the Blarney exit in a car the day before the 2 fatalities up the road.

Very odd how it was a single vehicle accident though, was the road wet or an oil spill perhaps?

Reputable Rog

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I know the fella, he was doing a speed trap at the Blarney exit in a car the day before the 2 fatalities up the road.

Very odd how it was a single vehicle accident though, was the road wet or an oil spill perhaps?

Why did it need 3 units from the Fire Brigade?

boardsuser1

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Why did it need 3 units from the Fire Brigade?

That’s what I’m at a loss to understand.

A statement has been released saying the road is now closed until further notice.

Shurwhynot

Why was the road closed for so long for a single vehicle accident?

grogi

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

That’s what I’m at a loss to understand.

A statement has been released saying the road is now closed until further notice.

Because they don't know if it was indeed a one vehicle incident, or a hit and run.

boardsuser1

Shurwhynot wrote: »

Why was the road closed for so long for a single vehicle accident?

The cop is seriously injured,they probably want to make sure they leave no stone unturned in their investigations as to the cause.

pajoguy

Hopefully that person is ok.

Major mistake in the first paragraph of that examiner article.

boardsuser1

pajoguy wrote: »

Hopefully that person is ok.

Major mistake in the first paragraph of that examiner article.

Absolutely!

A Mallow based Garda according to RedFM news.

I worked with a now Garda who is based in Mallow when i was doing security in the early 2000's who doesn't live far from the accident scene.

A quick recovery for the Garda hopefully.

Reputable Rog

Just passed it about 40 minutes ago, closed northbound all the way from Rathduff to Mourneabbey.

boardsuser1

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Just passed it about 40 minutes ago, closed northbound all the way from Rathduff to Mourneabbey.

What way is traffic?

I'm deliberately avoiding it.

Reputable Rog

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

What way is traffic?

I'm deliberately avoiding it.

Traffic was slow, like morning rush hour. Wasn't helped by the traffic census and a speed van siting in the trees after Grenagh.

boardsuser1

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Traffic was slow, like morning rush hour. Wasn't helped by the traffic census and a speed van siting in the trees after Grenagh.

Just seen on the Garda Traffic Twitter thread on here that the Guard hit the wire that divides the road.

The speed van probably thought it was quids in today. Is the survey van the white one with a red stripe?

Isambard

i'm guessing they didn't start investigations until daybreak.

boardsuser1

Isambard wrote: »

i'm guessing they didn't start investigations until daybreak.

Yeah, Seen a comment on Facebook, not sure if I should repeat what a passerby said they seen.

Water John

Once a Guard or Garda vehicle was involved, it comes under CSOC jurisdiction. That might explain, a different protocol.

boardsuser1

Water John wrote: »

Once a Guard or Garda vehicle was involved, it comes under CSOC jurisdiction. That might explain, a different protocol.

Even in a single vehicle accident?

Middle Man

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Just seen on the Garda Traffic Twitter thread on here that the Guard hit the wire that divides the road.
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That I was seriously hoping not!