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M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

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    #3902
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Czhornet wrote: »
    Some noise there I'd say, dut dut dut dut dut dut!!

    You're right there mate


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    #3903
    Taytomal
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    m17 wrote: »
    Ballybanagher corofin


    Great Photo!!!


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    #3904
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    The flyovers from gort to tuam part one pic1 gort 2 coole park 3 owenbristy 4 keamsellagh 5 kilternan


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    #3905
    m17
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    The flyovers from gort to tuam part two pic1 coldwood 2 rathmorrissy 3 rathmorrissy 4 rathmorrissy 5 cartymore


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    #3906
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    The flyovers from gort to tuam part three pic1 annagh hill 2 brockagh 3 bauilphuil 4 mahanagh 5 weir road tuam


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    #3907
    m17
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    The top of the flyover at coldwood 11/03/16


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    #3908
    Middle Man
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    m17 wrote: »
    The top of the flyover at coldwood 11/03/16

    Not far off completion - what's interesting is that it appears like the width of the old n6 is going to be maintained - regional roads don't usually include hard shoulders.


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    #3909
    marno21
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    Fantastic updates & pictures m17. Fair play.


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    #3910
    m17
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    Middle Man wrote: »
    Not far off completion - what's interesting is that it appears like the width of the old n6 is going to be maintained - regional roads don't usually include hard shoulders.

    At least the wound have too close the flyover too do the bridge tie in


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    #3911
    m17
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    marno21 wrote: »
    Fantastic updates & pictures m17. Fair play.

    Thanks mate nice one


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    #3912
    Leonard Hofstadter
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    Thanks for all these photos. They're making fantastic progress with it!


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    #3913
    paul2013
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    m17 wrote: »
    The flyovers from gort to tuam part one pic1 gort 2 coole park 3 owenbristy 4 keamsellagh 5 kilternan

    Why is the Southern section between Gort and Athenry so SLOW! Tuam to Athenry is visually stunning to walk along as it could be opened in September 2016.

    Could the not get a water pump to drain the water away and dig a big trench from All of South Galway out to the Atlantic Ocean?


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    #3914
    JCX BXC
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    paul2013 wrote: »
    Why is the Southern section between Gort and Athenry so SLOW! Tuam to Athenry is visually stunning to walk along as it could be opened in September 2016.

    Could the not get a water pump to drain the water away and dig a big trench from All of South Galway out to the Atlantic Ocean?

    Problem with south galway is that it's so near sea level. It's just a massive hole that fills with water when the rain comes along.


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    #3915
    m17
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    Ballybanagher corofin pic1 12/03/15 pic2 12/03/16


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    #3916
    Middle Man
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    m17 wrote: »
    Ballybanagher corofin pic1 12/03/15 pic2 12/03/16

    What a difference a year can make! :)


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    #3917
    m17
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    The m17 between corofin and tuam 13/03/16


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    #3918
    spacetweek
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    paul2013 wrote: »
    Did anyone read the Irish Independent about the person who bought a plane in Shannon Airport for E20K? Was supposed to moving the plane by road through all the towns that have been bypassed to Enniscrone in Sligo. Now he's going moving plane by boat along the Atlantic ocean.
    Why didn't he just fly the plane up to Sligo airport?


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    #3919
    cocoman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭cocoman


    spacetweek wrote: »
    Why didn't he just fly the plane up to Sligo airport?

    No engines in it. Heard the guy on today fm. Hilarious interview.


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    #3920
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    spacetweek wrote: »
    Why didn't he just fly the plane up to Sligo airport?

    Even if it did have an engine it's a 767 too big too land at sligo airport,there a boat coming from Liverpool to pick the plane on the 24th of march


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    #3921
    Middle Man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Middle Man


    m17 wrote: »
    spacetweek wrote: »
    Why didn't he just fly the plane up to Sligo airport?

    Even if it did have an engine it's a 767 too big too land at sligo airport,there a boat coming from Liverpool to pick the plane on the 24th of march

    If he pulls this off, it's a clear demonstration of the 'can do' mentality just like the case regarding the construction of Ireland West Airport when the naysayers said it couldn't be done. I love when naysayers are proven wrong...


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    #3922
    spacetweek
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    Middle Man wrote: »
    If he pulls this off, it's a clear demonstration of the 'can do' mentality just like the case regarding the construction of Ireland West Airport when the naysayers said it couldn't be done. I love when naysayers are proven wrong...

    The result of Can-Do attitude it may be, but Ireland West airport is the silliest white elephant we've ever built in this country.


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    #3923
    red bull
    Registered Users Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭red bull


    spacetweek wrote: »
    The result of Can-Do attitude it may be, but Ireland West airport is the silliest white elephant we've ever built in this country.

    That is both unfair and untrue, it is an outstanding success without any state support


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    #3924
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    spacetweek wrote: »
    The result of Can-Do attitude it may be, but Ireland West airport is the silliest white elephant we've ever built in this country.

    Shows how little you know. Its one of the best returns on an investment the state has ever had. The airport cost the government pennies to build as most was fundraising, its running is paid for with a departure tax by the passengers and it has generated 100's of millions in tourist revenue and tax for the state all while supporting hundreds of jobs.

    http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/publications/aviation/english/ireland-west-airport-knock-study-group-report-december-2013/ireland-west-airport-knock-study-group-report-december-2013.pdf

    A white elephant would be something like the spire in Dublin which almost cost as much as the airport and alone has cost 3 million just to keep clean.


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    #3925
    JCX BXC
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Shows how little you know. Its one of the best return on an investment the state has even had. The airport cost the government pennies to build as most was fundraising, its running is paid for with a departure tax by the passengers and it has generated 100's of millions in tourist revenue and tax for the state all while supporting hundreds of jobs.

    http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/publications/aviation/english/ireland-west-airport-knock-study-group-report-december-2013/ireland-west-airport-knock-study-group-report-december-2013.pdf

    A white elephant would be something like the spire in Dublin which almost cost as much as the airport.

    Funny how you turn up whenever Knock Airport in mentioned.

    Fact is, it shouldn't have been built, and until a comprehensive report written up on how the money invested in Knock was better spent there than in Dublin, Cork or Shannon I can't agree.

    Would the "100's" of Jobs supported by the airport not be largely increased if it was built in somewhere where people actually live, eg Galway?

    Anyway it's fairly OT.


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    #3926
    JCX BXC
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    red bull wrote: »
    it is an outstanding success without any state support

    Nope and Nope.


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    #3927
    Middle Man
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Funny how you turn up whenever Knock Airport in mentioned.

    Fact is, it shouldn't have been built, and until a comprehensive report written up on how the money invested in Knock was better spent there than in Dublin, Cork or Shannon I can't agree.

    Would the "100's" of Jobs supported by the airport not be largely increased if it was built in somewhere where people actually live, eg Galway?

    Anyway it's fairly OT.

    I don't think that an airport with a proper runway for the North West is unreasonable - it was also built at a time when you got around Ireland by goat track, so having air access was even more pertinent (opened 1985 or 1986)...


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    #3928
    red bull
    Registered Users Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭red bull


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Nope and Nope.

    A community project of great importance to the west of Ireland, built by the people for the people. Canon James Horan was a man in a hurry but he did great service to a forgotten region in the 80s


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    #3929
    Schadenfreudia
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    A white elephant would be something like the spire in Dublin which almost cost as much as the airport and alone has cost 3 million just to keep clean.

    A real white elephant would be the railway line between Galway and Ennis - no change out of €100 million for something that carries less people in a week than a single luas train does in a single run.

    However I blame spacetweek for starting all this with his "Dublin 4" attitude to Knock - I thought that particular prejudice was dead and buried for at least the past 20 years!


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    #3930
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    spacetweek wrote: »
    The result of Can-Do attitude it may be, but Ireland West airport is the silliest white elephant we've ever built in this country.

    I thought this forum was on the m17/m18 motorway


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    #3931
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    m17 wrote: »
    I thought this forum was on the m17/m18 motorway

    Mod: Exactly. Back on topic please.


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