Lucan to Sandyford, Leopardstown Commute

dragon_lordMTB

Might be looking at this in the coming months and was wondering what the commute is like now that the roadworks have finished? I would be leaving 7:30 ish and would be coming back 6ish.

dogmatix

Don't know about leaving at 7:30am - to beat the traffic, going from the red cow to ballinteer i'd would normally be on the M50 no later then 7am. Still, now that it's three lanes at least as far as ballinteer (+100kph), you might do it. Can't comment about the return journey.

burger1979

coming back at 6 you should be fine the biggest part is getting out of the estate in the evening, that can take a bit of time, then your flying home. on fridays the off ramp for lucan can be backed up a bit and takes on average about 10 mins to get through it all and on to the N4 outbound. please, please, please dont skip the cars that are q'ing to come off if the off ramp is busy. its annoying to the drivers that have waited patiently and also if you jump in at the last minute it can cause accidents/crashes. not saying that you will but i seeit every evening on the way home.

Redsoxfan

If you are on the N4 at 7.30, you should expect to be at the J14 ramp at around 8am-'incidents' permitting.

I can't say what traffic is like into the industrial estate itself, but the only pinch point that I ensounter is on the ramp itself. I assume everyone is just getting there sooner and hopefully people will start to adjust their departure times accordingly. Still, I would rather this than the go-slow from Ballymount to J13 that was the case until last week....

In the evenings, since the works have finished, the worst part of the journey is definitely the J7 exit onto the N4. It used to just be an issue when there was an incident or on Fridays/Bank Holiday weekends, but it was bad every evening last week. Whether this will correct itself in time is hard to say, but at the moment it is frustrating, annoying and dangerous.

dragon_lordMTB

Thanks for the replies.