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NEW TOLL BRIDGE AND ROAD

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  • 13-10-2009 8:55am
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    joeduggan
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    hi. ive recently been on the new toll road and i must say its very impressive , but do any of you think it will be a busy road ? will people be bothered to pay the toll? is it a waste of money. ive been on the m1 , dublin belfast road at so called, busy times and there hasnt been any traffic on it. when i said this to someone living up around there they said that the people who were supposed to use it wouldnt pay the toll. seems like a waste of money to me.


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    scout353
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    Has the opening date for the new road been announced yet?


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    joeduggan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 344 ✭✭joeduggan


    scout353 wrote: »
    Has the opening date for the new road been announced yet?
    this day week. the 20th.


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    Mossy Monk
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    If I was going that direction I certainly would. €1.80 is worth removing Waterford City from any journey IMO.


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    scout353
    Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭scout353


    Perfect - have a few journeys next week and removing the city is worth every cent of the €1.80!


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    Beeker
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    Plenty will use it, not much use to people going into Waterford city, but great is you want to avoid the traffic in the city center.


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    scout353
    Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭scout353


    And what about when you get to the other side - any ideas how far you can travel before having to revert to the crappy Thomastown Road! I am presuming that the Kilkenny side of the project is nowhere near complete!


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    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    If you want to go to waterford city do you still go through kilmeaden or do you stay on the new road when it opens?


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    Mossy Monk
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    Take the new road.


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    Beeker
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    mikeym wrote: »
    If you want to go to waterford city do you still go through kilmeaden or do you stay on the new road when it opens?
    Kilmeadem is bypassed by the new road.


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    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    joeduggan wrote: »
    hi. ive recently been on the new toll road and i must say its very impressive

    Where exactly is the toll booth? Is it possible to go from Dungarvan to Waterford (avoiding Kilmeaden) and avoid the toll?


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    scout353
    Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭scout353


    I think so. AFAIK the toll is only on the bridge so if you join the road on the waterford side of the bridge, you can go straight to Dungarvan without passing through Kilmeaden!


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    Flyer1
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Flyer1


    You can still go the old way. Just turn off for Waterford at Kilmeaden :).


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    Beeker
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    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    Where exactly is the toll booth? Is it possible to go from Dungarvan to Waterford (avoiding Kilmeaden) and avoid the toll?
    No toll if driving from Dungarvan to Waterford. Toll booth is at the bridge on the Waterford side. You only pay if crossing the bridge.
    From Dungarvan you will bypass Kilmeaden and turn off for Waterford before the bridge joining the roundabout on the old kilmeaden road below B&Q's.


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    Oscar Madison
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭Oscar Madison


    Waterford bypass sold to funds consortium for close to €100m (msn.com)


    Very surprised to read this but then again!



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