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

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    #7532
    paul2013
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭paul2013


    Reputable Rog wrote: »
    As far as I know Clare County Council have been buying the houses along that section as they become available, so long term I think there are plans to upgrade this section.
    The original plan if I recall correctly was that the M7 would terminate at Cratloemoyle but instead the N18 went on to Rosbrien.

    That's actually true about the M7 that was supposed to start at Cratloemoyle as the R445 begins there but political influence changed that to Rosbrien. As for the Limerick Tunnel tolls should be on the either side of the tunnel and not on both sides of the Clare side of the Shannon. It's currently hampering foreign direct investment in the West of Ireland these tolls on the Clare side of the Limerick Tunnel


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    #7533
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,410 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    It's fantastic to see Infrastructure take another giant leap in this country. Another almost 60 km of brand spanking new and safe motorway. By comparison, the North has just over 100 km of motorway in total so this a huge addition in my view. Well done to all concerned.


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    #7534
    Vanquished
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Vanquished


    paul2013 wrote: »
    That's actually true about the M7 that was supposed to start at Cratloemoyle as the R445 begins there but political influence changed that to Rosbrien. As for the Limerick Tunnel tolls should be on the either side of the tunnel and not on both sides of the Clare side of the Shannon. It's currently hampering foreign direct investment in the West of Ireland these tolls on the Clare side of the Limerick Tunnel

    You might elaborate on this "political influence".

    It makes perfect sense for the M20, M7 & N18 to intersect at the Rosbrien interchange. The N18 (Southern Ring Road phase 2 section) should be a motorway but that's another story.

    Also, the two toll plazas are in Limerick city and not County Clare.


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    #7535
    Reputable Rog
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭Reputable Rog


    Vanquished wrote: »
    You might elaborate on this "political influence".

    It makes perfect sense for the M20, M7 & N18 to intersect at the Rosbrien interchange. The N18 (Southern Ring Road phase 2 section) should be a motorway but that's another story.

    Also, the two toll plazas are in Limerick city and not County Clare.

    Is the main one not in Clare and the other one located in the Occupied West Bank ?


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    #7536
    WildWater
    Registered Users Posts: 726 ✭✭✭WildWater


    Dear M17,
    I have seen the posts in the files of Boards.ie statements by multiple posters that you contributed gloriously on the fields of the M17/M18.

    I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine that would attempt to beguile you from the grief of retiring your bike, camera and drone. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the infinite thanks of the readers of this thread.

    I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of a super thread and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon alter of M17/M18 updates.

    Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
    WildWater


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    #7537
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    Benbecul97 wrote: »
    All apart from the bit of the M17 replacing the N17.


    Still there. Bypass only stretches about 1 mile out the N17 from Tuam.

    Feck. That's the worst part of the journey.


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    #7538
    mrmanire
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭mrmanire


    Reputable Rog wrote: »
    Is the main one not in Clare and the other one located in the Occupied West Bank ?

    Both are in Limerick. The Clare county border isn't too far past the main toll but the plaza is definitely in Limerick.


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    #7539
    Reputable Rog
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭Reputable Rog


    mrmanire wrote: »
    Both are in Limerick. The Clare county border isn't too far past the main toll but the plaza is definitely in Limerick.

    Correct and right, both in the Occupied territories.


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    #7540
    pigtown
    Registered Users Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭pigtown


    Vanquished wrote: »
    You might elaborate on this "political influence".

    It makes perfect sense for the M20, M7 & N18 to intersect at the Rosbrien interchange. The N18 (Southern Ring Road phase 2 section) should be a motorway but that's another story.

    Also, the two toll plazas are in Limerick city and not County Clare.

    It'd be nice if junctions 3,2,1 N18 and 29,28 M7 were renamed to form a coherent Limerick bypass.

    Why wasn't phase 2 motorway standard anyway?


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    #7541
    Vanquished
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Vanquished


    Reputable Rog wrote: »
    Is the main one not in Clare and the other one located in the Occupied West Bank ?

    It depends on who you talk to. There's a strange hysteria surrounding the northside of Limerick city from certain quarters.


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    #7542
    Vanquished
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Vanquished


    pigtown wrote: »
    It'd be nice if junctions 3,2,1 N18 and 29,28 M7 were renamed to form a coherent Limerick bypass.

    Why wasn't phase 2 motorway standard anyway?

    More than likely because the financiers/operators of the Limerick tunnel were keen to avoid excluding any potential customers.


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    #7543
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Vanquished wrote: »
    More than likely because the financiers/operators of the Limerick tunnel were keen to avoid excluding any potential customers.

    Potential customers being L drivers who shouldn't be doing anything other than learning? Times have changed from 10 years ago when the likes of myself did the test and driving on L plates was openly excused.


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    #7544
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,784 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Vanquished wrote: »
    More than likely because the financiers/operators of the Limerick tunnel were keen to avoid excluding any potential customers.

    The NRA is against isolated bits of motorway; at the time of planning the M7/20 around Limerick were N roads.

    That is the main reason the Limerick Tunnel and Waterford Bypass are N roads - not the tiny addition of learners and sub-50km/h traffic to earnings.


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    #7545
    Vanquished
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Vanquished


    L1011 wrote: »
    The NRA is against isolated bits of motorway; at the time of planning the M7/20 around Limerick were N roads.

    That is the main reason the Limerick Tunnel and Waterford Bypass are N roads - not the tiny addition of learners and sub-50km/h traffic to earnings.

    Both the N20 and N7 were reclassified as motorways a year before the tunnel and phase 2 of the ring road were opened. There was no reason not to designate the N18 section as a motorway also.


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    #7546
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,784 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Vanquished wrote: »
    Both the N20 and N7 were reclassified as motorways a year before the tunnel and phase 2 of the ring road were opened. There was no reason not to designate the N18 section as a motorway also.

    The at time of planning bit is the important bit there. Redesignation of PPP schemes has effectively not happened.


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    #7547
    Brianberu
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Brianberu


    1st post here, and its just to say a big thank you to m17. Ive loved all your pictures. Fantastic effort!

    looking forward to cutting my ennis knock aiport trip by 30 min :-)


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    #7548
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    joedomvince wrote: »
    My house is on Taylors Hill so I guess it's approximately 75 minutes from my door to Shannon Airport. Happy Days!!

    61 mins according to OSM

    Note, OSM timing dont take traffic into account


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    #7549
    Vanquished
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Vanquished


    L1011 wrote: »
    The at time of planning bit is the important bit there. Redesignation of PPP schemes has effectively not happened.

    It has actually. PPPs such as the M7/M8 Portlaoise to Castletown/Portlaoise to Cullahill and M6 Ballinasloe to Galway were planned as N roads but reclassified in 2009.


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    #7550
    westtip
    Registered Users Posts: 4,282 ✭✭✭westtip


    My guess is this road will make Tuam less than 2 hours from Lucan now? Wow. and no need to drive cross country to Athlone wow


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    #7551
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Times have changed from 10 years ago when the likes of myself did the test and driving on L plates was openly excused.
    It still is from what I can see on the roads around here.


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    #7552
    chrismon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭chrismon


    When is the road opening?
    The title says the 27th, the radio says today?


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    #7553
    sonnyblack
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭sonnyblack


    chrismon wrote: »
    When is the road opening?
    The title says the 27th, the radio says today?

    What date is today?


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    #7554
    chrismon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭chrismon


    sonnyblack wrote: »
    What date is today?

    Where's my coffee. Face palm


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    #7555
    Snapgal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭Snapgal


    This is brilliant for commuters from Galway to Ennis/Limerick. Just started a job in Limerick two weeks ago commuting from kinvara to Castletroy. People at home looking at me like am crazy but it's not too bad when have motorway most of way - takes me about 1 hr 5 min door to door. Don't think save much time taking exit on new part at Kiltiernan ( Kilcolgan) ? How long is it roughly in time from Kiltiernan exit to Doughiska? I pay for tunnel back and forth every day. Hopefully there will be no other toll! Are there other mad ones like me commuting Galway to limerick for work?


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    #7556
    sonnyblack
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭sonnyblack


    chrismon wrote: »
    Where's my coffee. Face palm

    No worries. It's all the excitement. This is goes to be a day of days for everyone travelling up and down the Atlantic corridor, not to mention the patient residents of the galway towns that have to endure ridiculous traffic levels for years.

    I'd like to echo the sentiments on this thread and sincerely thank M17 for his amazing contribution to this forum. It's literally the first boards thread I look at on my phone/pc it the morning.

    Whoever is first on in both directions, can you give us a time estimate on the length of the drive? Happy motoring everyone.


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    #7557
    Roadfan
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Roadfan


    Know I kind of signed off the other night but given the day that's in it I.e today 27 September just like to say that if any of you posters are at the opening today spare a thought for us exiles who can't make it. Thanks again for the updates M17 and also thanks to all who provided a bit of Craic with their comments.

    Can't wait to test the new road - Windows open and AC/DC playing Highway to Hell as (jokingly) suggested by M17.

    Regards to all farewell to Ardrahan Clarinbridge and of course slán to Baile Chlair.


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    #7558
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,406 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Snapgal wrote: »
    This is brilliant for commuters from Galway to Ennis/Limerick. Just started a job in Limerick two weeks ago commuting from kinvara to Castletroy. People at home looking at me like am crazy but it's not too bad when have motorway most of way - takes me about 1 hr 5 min door to door. Don't think save much time taking exit on new part at Kiltiernan ( Kilcolgan) ? How long is it roughly in time from Kiltiernan exit to Doughiska? I pay for tunnel back and forth every day. Hopefully there will be no other toll! Are there other mad ones like me commuting Galway to limerick for work?

    You'd be surprised, there are quite a few people commuting between Galway and Limerick and Cork and Limerick and vice versa.


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    #7559
    Hespy
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭Hespy


    Traffic really bad on the oranmore dual carriageway. Are they testing light sequences at Briarhill?


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    #7560
    Benbecul97
    Registered Users Posts: 988 ✭✭✭Benbecul97


    The day had finally arrived....


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    #7561
    sentient_6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    Hespy wrote: »
    Traffic really bad on the oranmore dual carriageway. Are they testing light sequences at Briarhill?

    Something has changed anyway. My wifes 50 minute commute from east Galway has just turned into an hour and half the last couple of mornings.

    I had Monday off and thought I was being smart waiting till after 9 to pop in to Galway. Hit about mile tail back on the airport road at 9.50. Turned around and headed in the tuam road and hit traffic at kenny motors 5 minutes later. Turned around again and headed to Briarhill via the race course and got through ok. Still traffic beyond sight queued trying to come through on the monivea road. Bizarre stuff.


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