Gort & Crusheen Bypass Opens Tomorrow

angelfire9

Good news for those of us driving to Galway for Christmas shopping

Source:
http://www.clarepeople.com/wordp5/201010253901/november-12-opening-date-for-gortcrusheen-bypass/
Also on Clare FM this morning

Might be nice of the NRA to update their website which is still showing a Q2 2011 completion date :rolleyes:

http://www.nra.ie/RoadSchemeActivity/GalwayCountyCouncil/N18GorttoCrusheen/SchemeName,16516,en.html

rashers10

So is the official opening just a ribbon cutting thing or will actual road users be allowed on it tomorrow?
I'm going to Limerick from Galway tomorrow evening.

angelfire9

rashers10 wrote: »

So is the official opening just a ribbon cutting thing or will actual road users be allowed on it tomorrow?
I'm going to Limerick from Galway tomorrow evening.

According to Clare FM the official ribbon cutting is at noon and the road will open thereafter
Of course I would assume that the contractors were planning on doing a few final bits & pieces today which is not going to happen given the current weather conditions!

rashers10

Yeah I was just thinking that this storm might hold it back a bit. I won't count on it so..

Zapho

Here's hoping it opens! Heading to Limerick myself tomorrow afternoon. It'd be great not to have go through Gort anymore.

buck65

:DGort? ...that crazy old town....
what with all it's witty signs
such as
"Gort is our town one entrance let's it down"
and various other campaign posters about the state of their roads , biking to work instead of driving etc.
does anyone feel that one entrance is actually one too many?
I jest of course

drunken_munky52

Opened - Opinion

Barefield to North Gort in about 10 minutes booting it, coming back I slowed down to 100km/hr, bout 13-15 mins id say

PARKHEAD67

drunken_munky52 wrote: »

Opened - Opinion

Barefield to North Gort in about 10 minutes booting it, coming back I slowed down to 100km/hr, bout 13-15 mins id say

Whats booting it in your opinion?120km/hr?ha ha:D

Henrib

Hi. Just reviving this in search of opinions on how much time to allow from Galway (Galway Clinic) to Ennis using the new road? I haven't used this road yet and need to be in both Galway and Ennis with not much time to spare around lunchtime wednesday. Thanks

highlydebased

Henrib wrote: »

Hi. Just reviving this in search of opinions on how much time to allow from Galway (Galway Clinic) to Ennis using the new road? I haven't used this road yet and need to be in both Galway and Ennis with not much time to spare around lunchtime wednesday. Thanks

You'd be door to door in less than an hour

Lady Chatterton

Thank God for all the new roads, tunnels and towns that have been by-passed. It is the only thing IMO that makes the "Celtic Tiger" hangover a bit more bearable.

Lady Chatterton

buck65 wrote: »

:DGort? ...that crazy old town....
what with all it's witty signs
such as
"Gort is our town one entrance let's it down"
and various other campaign posters about the state of their roads , biking to work instead of driving etc.
does anyone feel that one entrance is actually one too many?
I jest of course

Gort is one of the those really quirky places. I have great memories of buses of us decending on the place during my student days. I remember one of the pubs, I think it was Kilroys, where ladies had to go upstairs and use the family bathroom, it was hilarious.

dr.fuzzenstein

I live in the sticks near Crusheen but work in Limerick in Annacotty I can now be at work within 45-50 minutes.
In them olden days before the Ennis bypass and Limerick tunnel I reckon it would have taken me three days...