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

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Dgillard wrote: »

Do you know if they have finished the lampposts on the rathmorrissey interchange or have they still more to put on

Lampposts,signs crash barriers are all done at rathmorrissy all that's left is the wearing course on the slip roads and the line painting

Irish_rat

m17 wrote: »

Just as well because the media coverage of this project as been a disgrace so far, as its the biggest project in the west of Ireland the are sitting on the fence doing nothing as usual

The media has no interest in infrastructure projects, the reports when the schemes open are absolutely tragic with the bare minimum research done.

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The m18 gort to rathmorrissy part one 07/07/17 the flyover at gortsignstart of the new m18flyover at coole parkraheen/kiltartan looking towards gortraheen/kiltartan looking towards rathmorrissyraheen/kilkelly looking towards gortraheen/kilkelly looking towards rathmorrissyballymaquiff looking towards gortballymaquiff looking towards rathmorrissyowenbristy looking towards gortowenbristy looking towards rathmorrissyparkatleva looking towards gortparkatleva looking towards rathmorrissy

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The m18 part two kiltiernan looking towards gortkiltiernan looking towards rathmorrissycaranavooduan looking towards gortcaranavooduan looking towards rathmorrissyturloughtrassa looking towards gortturloughtrassa looking towards rathmorrissyrinn looking towards gortrinn looking towards rathmorrissyparknacuappuil looking towards gortparknacuappuil looking towards rathmorrissycoldwood looking towards gortcoldwood looking towards rathmorrissygortroarathmorrissy

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The m17 getting it's first layer of tarmac at brockagh 14/05/16

irishgeo

Michelle embarrassing herself again
http://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/40494-mayo-senator-calls-for-temporary-opening-of-tuam-bypass-for-saturday-s-game-between-clare-and-mayo

medoc

Irish_rat wrote: »

The media has no interest in infrastructure projects, the reports when the schemes open are absolutely tragic with the bare minimum research done.

Such a pity when you think of the lost opportunities. A Discovery Channel Big Engineering style program. We've all watched ones about the Boston big dig,channel tunnel etc. While the Irish motorways aren't on that scale it would have made an interesting program for RTÉ on each of the big schemes. Hopefully if we ever get round to doing Metro North or Dart Underground they follow it from start to finish.

marno21

irishgeo wrote: »

Michelle embarrassing herself again
http://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/40494-mayo-senator-calls-for-temporary-opening-of-tuam-bypass-for-saturday-s-game-between-clare-and-mayo

I find it hard to believe I'm agreeing with her but she has a point. If the Tuam BP is finished, it should be opened. It's only causing havoc through the town especially in situations like this when there'll be a large Mayo contingent travelling through the town and a ready-to-go bypass is lying idle.

medoc wrote: »

Such a pity when you think of the lost opportunities. A Discovery Channel Big Engineering style program. We've all watched ones about the Boston big dig,channel tunnel etc. While the Irish motorways aren't on that scale it would have made an interesting program for RTÉ on each of the big schemes. Hopefully if we ever get round to doing Metro North or Dart Underground they follow it from start to finish.

It would be nice to see them doing something like The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway they are doing for Crossrail on the BBC. Watching a show like that though at present would make you despair.

Chris_5339762

marno21 wrote: »

I find it hard to believe I'm agreeing with her but she has a point. If the Tuam BP is finished, it should be opened. It's only causing havoc through the town especially in situations like this when there'll be a large Mayo contingent travelling through the town and a ready-to-go bypass is lying idle.

Agreed. Remember when the floods in Galway forced them to open a section of the N6 to Ballinasloe early? Now, they had a 50kmh limit on it and were only sent along it in convoy, but surely there would be a case here for maybe not a full opening, but open one side of the DC with bollards down the middle and slap a 50kmh limit on it. Something like that anyway.

I'm sure theres legal reasons why that can't be done but it seems silly that it couldn't at least be tried.

marno21

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Agreed. Remember when the floods in Galway forced them to open a section of the N6 to Ballinasloe early? Now, they had a 50kmh limit on it and were only sent along it in convoy, but surely there would be a case here for maybe not a full opening, but open one side of the DC with bollards down the middle and slap a 50kmh limit on it. Something like that anyway.

I'm sure theres legal reasons why that can't be done but it seems silly that it couldn't at least be tried.

Spot on, but I'd nearly say the Tuam bypass is further on than the N6 scheme was at the time.

The only thing needed here as per m17 was to tighten the wire barrier. DTTAS could've stumped up the cash to open this if there was the will to do so.

serfboard

marno21 wrote: »

DTTAS could've stumped up the cash to open this if there was the will to do so.

DTTAS could have stumped up the cash if there was the cash to do so.

If they stumped up the cash, as few here suggest, they would open themselves up for scorn and ridicule for paying extra to open up a road that will be open shortly anyway. Talk about a complete waste of money.

As for the poor unfortunate gaa fans stuck in traffic, I take a small comfort in thinking of it as Karma for when they block residents in, abandon cars wherever and generally act as if they are entitled to do so.

On a similar note, hurrah for the clamping spree in Tuam at a recent gaa game.

marno21

Just to add, I'm not talking about opening it just for the game, I'm talking about a full opening of the Tuam bypass. Little benefit of a fully constructed road lying idle whilst there's jams every day of the week on the N17 through Tuam.

m17

marno21 wrote: »

Spot on, but I'd nearly say the Tuam bypass is further on than the N6 scheme was at the time.

The only thing needed here as per m17 was to tighten the wire barrier. DTTAS could've stumped up the cash to open this if there was the will to do so.

The start of the tuam bypass 08/07/17the kilmore roundabout

marno21

m17 wrote: »

The start of the tuam bypass 08/07/17the kilmore roundabout

That looks vastly superior to the condition the N6 Galway-Ballinasloe scheme was in in November 2009. A day spent tensioning the steel barrier and its ready to go.

Still looks like some finishing work to do there, the cheese wires are still not tensioned up.

m17

The m17 at brockagh looking towards rathmorrissy 10/02/1609/07/17brockagh looking towards tuam 10/02/1609/07/17

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The m17 at ballybanagher 26/04/1509/07/17

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Jersey barrier is now complete on the m17 09/07/17

Dgillard

I was looking at the pics of the rathmorrissey interchange Do you know why there's lampposts on the roundabout section of the rathmorrissey interchange but no lampposts on the m17 m18 mainline and the m6 mainline of the rathmorrissey interchange

godskitchen

You can put a price to the cost to the economy on traffic delays, I'm sure they won't be doing that calculation for the early opening of the Tuam bypass though.

No votes in it when most people won't know why it's not opening and the value is less tangible using "cost to the economy"

m17

The m17 at ballinphuil 22/11/1510/07/17

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The m17 outside of corofin traffic counts 10/07/17 pressure pads

cables

this is where the data is collected and send to the tii

layby rathmorrissy side

layby tuam side

m17

The m17 at mahanagh drain has just been layed 18/01/1610/07/17 just the sos phones to go in 10/07/17

munchkin_utd

m17 wrote: »

The m17 outside of corofin traffic counts 10/07/17 pressure pads

are you sure they're pressure pads?

I thought they'd have been induction loops which is used extensively with traffic lights and whatnot

Geogregor

munchkin_utd wrote: »

m17 wrote: »

The m17 outside of corofin traffic counts 10/07/17 pressure pads

are you sure they're pressure pads?

I thought they'd have been induction loops which is used extensively with traffic lights and whatnot

On 99% they are induction loops. Never heard about using "pressure pads" for counting traffic.

marno21

munchkin_utd wrote: »

are you sure they're pressure pads?

I thought they'd have been induction loops which is used extensively with traffic lights and whatnot

They are induction loops.

Pressure pads, or similar, are used in temporary traffic counting setups.

m17

The m17 at annagh hill looking towards tuam 16/03/1611/07/17

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Roadbridge section between Corofin and tuam 22/04/1511/07/17

dilallio

Apologies if this was already posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDru19gRWs8