Echo Road, Dundalk

hellboy99

Will the Echo Road in Dundalk ever be resurfaced, and resurfaced with tarmac ?

qc3

have to turn off the cd player every time i drive down the road.
jumps the whole time.:mad::mad:needs resufacing badly.

hellboy99

Driving down that road is worse than having your car on the Wobble / Rumble board at the NCT centre to test the shocks, so much for road tax :rolleyes:

**Timbuk2**

I agree. There are many less-travelled roads around Dundalk that have a much better surface. Actually, most footpaths have better surfaces than that road. :rolleyes:

cfcj

I was told many many years ago that the reason for concrete sections of roads are more durable and used where there is a problem with natural drainage or marsh land and a tendency for heavy traffic. I think it is marsh land around there, probably not on the Carrick Road end though... so who knows But I agree I think it is coming to the end of its term and needs to be either maintained or replaced.

DundalkDuffman

Slightly off OPs intention of commenting on the integrity of the road surface on it, it must be in the running for most number of motorists done for speeding on it! I now know of 3 people that have been done on it, AGS are very fond of it, suppose its close enough to the HQ and they can get nicely pulled in on it as well!

hellboy99

cfcj wrote: »

I was told many many years ago that the reason for concrete sections of roads are more durable and used where there is a problem with natural drainage or marsh land and a tendency for heavy traffic.

If that's true then it sounds like they didn't want to spend the money or time to do it right using tarmac, either way it needs to be redone badly, I just avoid going on it now it's that bad.

hellboy99

DundalkDuffman wrote: »

it must be in the running for most number of motorists done for speeding on it!

Now you say that, I remember a few years back being told that it would not be done with tarmac for fear of it turning into a drag strip, wonder if there was any truth to that

cfcj

hellboy99 wrote: »

Now you say that, I remember a few years back being told that it would not be done with tarmac for fear of it turning into a drag strip, wonder if there was any truth to that

I doubt it, I recon its because of the condition of the road under it, but I do agree it needs to be replaced. The road I think is even worse than the Ecco road is 'the back of the wall' its like off road driving up there!

hellboy99

cfcj wrote: »

The road I think is even worse than the Ecco road is 'the back of the wall' its like off road driving up there!

It's bad too, is the crater still there at the bottom of the hill on the bend (going carrick road dirction) ?

cfcj

hellboy99 wrote: »

It's bad too, is the crater still there at the bottom of the hill on the bend (going carrick road dirction) ?

ohhh I have no idea, so many to mention.. I heard the ICA tried to give it a patchwork award

doncarlos

There was a lost celtic tribe found in one of those potholes recently.

petes

I don't drive but that road is a disgrace. I have got a taxi to a mates house down there and the fillings nearly came out of my mouth. Mind you that was the moning after. I have no idea what it was like the night before as I was quite intoxicated :pac: