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

Chris_533976 · 2007-07-20 22:26:59

Tenders have gone out for N18 - Oranmore to Gort. The good news of this is that both schemes appear to be starting next year. Kinda ironic considering that I made that "Which interurban will win" thread - now theres a chance that the N18 will win. Was thinking also, wouldnt it be interesting if Oranmore - Gort was open…

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#2702 09-03-2015 2:38pm
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red bull wrote: »

What ? Where ?

Sorry! Thought we were talking about the M11

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#2703 09-03-2015 6:41pm
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Arklow to rathnew opens Aug 15

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#2704 09-03-2015 6:41pm
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Arklow to rathnew opens Aug 15

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#2705 09-03-2015 9:33pm
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More plant has landed in corofin Volvo a460s

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#2706 09-03-2015 9:34pm
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More plant has landed in corofin Volvo a460s

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#2707 09-03-2015 9:39pm
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is it Volvo a40s you mean.

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#2708 09-03-2015 9:53pm
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Sorry yes

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#2709 09-03-2015 10:34pm
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Maybe it's for the all ireland

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#2710 11-03-2015 4:56pm
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No sign of any big earth moving dumpers yet, but there has been five or six large tracked diggers doing a bit of clearance along the route from the end of the current motorway in Gort along by Coole Park in the last week.

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#2711 11-03-2015 7:39pm
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m17 wrote: »

Arklow to rathnew opens Aug 15

This exact date has been confirmed?

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#2712 12-03-2015 9:47am
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Sisk did a small talk in GMIT on Tue 10th March and gave an overview of their element of the project which is the middle section.
They gave the following as their key programme dates:

Fencing: Started Jan 15.
Earthworks: April 15- April 17
Structures: April 15 - Dec 16.
CBM: July 16 -July 17
Blacktop: Aug 16 - July 17.

I'd post a picture of the slide from the presentation but i cant because i have less than 50 posts on boards

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#2713 12-03-2015 10:40am
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ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Sisk did a small talk in GMIT on Tue 10th March and gave an overview of their element of the project which is the middle section.
They gave the following as their key programme dates:

Fencing: Started Jan 15.
Earthworks: April 15- April 17
Structures: April 15 - Dec 16.
CBM: July 16 -July 17
Blacktop: Aug 16 - July 17.

I'd post a picture of the slide from the presentation but i cant because i have less than 50 posts on boards

Use an external hosting site (cool pics & vids threads reccomend http://wthax.org/) and pm the link to me, I'll embed it for you.

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#2714 12-03-2015 10:46am
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Are they doing the m6 interchange? Looks good if they plan to be done mid 2017

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#2715 12-03-2015 2:52pm
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Yeah Sisk are doing the M6 Interchange. They still mentioned road opening in early 2018 in that talk in GMIT so i dont know what they'll be doing between July 17 and early 2018 apart from some line marking

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#2716 12-03-2015 4:31pm
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ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Yeah Sisk are doing the M6 Interchange. They still mentioned road opening in early 2018 in that talk in GMIT so i dont know what they'll be doing between July 17 and early 2018 apart from some line marking

Here's your picture:

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#2717 12-03-2015 4:50pm
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The way it's looking it will be opening by Oct 17

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#2718 12-03-2015 4:50pm
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The way it's looking it will be opening by Oct 17

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#2719 12-03-2015 4:54pm
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ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Yeah Sisk are doing the M6 Interchange. They still mentioned road opening in early 2018 in that talk in GMIT so i dont know what they'll be doing between July 17 and early 2018 apart from some line marking

Early 2018 is probably the agreed date for the two M sections to be ready, they will probably not be allowed to open either section individually (for safety reasons of nothing else).

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#2720 12-03-2015 11:03pm
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antoobrien wrote: »

Early 2018 is probably the agreed date for the two M sections to be ready, they will probably not be allowed to open either section individually (for safety reasons of nothing else).

What would be the safety issues preventing opening, let say, the stretch from Gort to the current M6?
I mean if works there were more progressed than on the northern half of the contract. I don't see any problems.

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#2721 12-03-2015 11:28pm
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Compound on the monivea rd near laffertys bar looks like it'll be massive.
Almost all fencing done there too

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#2722 13-03-2015 10:21am
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A lot of the fencing at the Gort end looks complete now. Also noticed this morning that Lagan have an office in Kilcolgan

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#2723 13-03-2015 10:26am
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Geogregor wrote: »

What would be the safety issues preventing opening, let say, the stretch from Gort to the current M6?

It was suggested before when people were suggesting either the M17 section or the M18 section individually that leaving "ski ramps" would be potentially dangerous.

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#2724 13-03-2015 12:04pm
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antoobrien wrote: »

It was suggested before when people were suggesting either the M17 section or the M18 section individually that leaving "ski ramps" would be potentially dangerous.

That shouldn't be an issue. They can be clearly marked as closed and as a total protection against morons they could dump a few truckloads of sand on them to stop absolute losers to drive on them.
We use that solution a lot in Poland.

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#2725 13-03-2015 12:17pm
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Geogregor wrote: »

That shouldn't be an issue. They can be clearly marked as closed and as a total protection against morons they could dump a few truckloads of sand on them to stop absolute losers to drive on them.
We use that solution a lot in Poland.

And there are clear wrong way signs on motorway exits, but people still go the wrong way on motorways.

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#2726 13-03-2015 12:18pm
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antoobrien wrote: »

It was suggested before when people were suggesting either the M17 section or the M18 section individually that leaving "ski ramps" would be potentially dangerous.

A situation like the current end of the M18 at Gort would work. This was also used at the end of the Newmarket on Fergus bypass scheme before the Ennis bypass was opened.

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#2727 13-03-2015 12:49pm
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Cookiemunster wrote: »

A situation like the current end of the M18 at Gort would work. This was also used at the end of the Newmarket on Fergus bypass scheme before the Ennis bypass was opened.

as a reminder, heres what the end of the M18 at Gort looks like
https://www.google.de/maps/@53.070314,-8.828612,3a,75y,38.23h,79.22t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1smItunsoWksOnDL4FU2t8GA!2e0

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#2728 13-03-2015 12:50pm
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Have Roadbridge 2 compounds, 1 in Tuam near the West Wing and 1 in Corofin, it also looks pretty big.

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#2729 13-03-2015 1:09pm
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Cookiemunster wrote: »

A situation like the current end of the M18 at Gort would work. This was also used at the end of the Newmarket on Fergus bypass scheme before the Ennis bypass was opened.

The M6 interchange is going to be a 3 tier stacked roundabout, how is that comparible to a LILO?

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#2730 13-03-2015 1:22pm
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Gerobrien25 wrote: »

Have Roadbridge 2 compounds, 1 in Tuam near the West Wing and 1 in Corofin, it also looks pretty big.

Yes the have

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antoobrien wrote: »

The M6 interchange is going to be a 3 tier stacked roundabout, how is that comparible to a LILO?

If I recall, that stacked roundabout got refused permission

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