Roadworks: Font & Morris Roundabouts

Goofy

Work begins on Monday the 20th. I just got a email about it.

Also on the Galway Advertiser Facebook page

Major road works at Font and Morris Roundabouts will begin on Monday February 20. The duration of these works is 12 weeks (approx.). To facilitate members of the public, there will be no lane closures between the hours of 7am and 7pm, while works are underway. Further details on this project are available at http://www.galwaycity.ie/N6/

Image from the city council:

Font and Morris are the Tuam road and Ballybrit/Ballybane roundabouts

The Headford Road roundabout should be starting soon after according to the above with all three to be complete before the VOR.

The Menlo and back of the hospital roundabouts will be later in the year.

snubbleste

It looks too ambitious.

bonzodog2

Deleted User wrote: »

Font and Morris are the Tuam road and Ballybrit/Ballybane roundabouts

Thanks, the names still don't do it for me !

snubbleste

snubbleste wrote: »

It looks too ambitious.

I would have agreed with you before I saw how they managed the Briarhill road works.

I'd say barring any unforeseen issues, they should hit the target timeline for Font & Morris

antoobrien

Deleted User wrote: »

I would have agreed with you before I saw how they managed the Briarhill road works.

I'd say barring any unforeseen issues, they should hit the target timeline for Font & Morris

Sorry to burst your bubble but it's not going to be the same contractor that did Briarhill.

Coffey has won the tender for these two (and afaik the other ones in the scheme too).

This is the same Coffey that's making a pigs ear of SQR.

Not a bit hopeful.

snubbleste

Maybe now is the time to invest in a bicycle anto

jkforde

antoobrien wrote: »

Coffey has won the tender for these two (and afaik the other ones in the scheme too).

'Won'?? I whiff a tribunal down the road! Oh well, the nightly re-enactments by Joe Taylor will be entertaining at least...

antoobrien

snubbleste wrote: »

Maybe now is the time to invest in a bicycle anto

No need, already have one. I'm just aware that the bike or bus is not always the most practical mode of transport (try carrying golf clubs on a bike).

But If i'm going anywhere near town I've to go through one of these junctions.

antoobrien

jkforde wrote: »

'Won'??

According to the e-tenders site yeah they have.

Link: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB308815

biko

Let's keep this on the topic - this particular roadworks and the impact it has on traffic flow.

Stench Blossoms

I hope this goes as smoothly as the Briarhill works.

Can't wait to see the Morris roundabout go.

blahblahbla

This is such a bad idea, Bohermore and Briarhill are worse than they were before. At least finish off the westside disaster before starting another round of works. When politicians make obvious bad decisions like this I have to think whos getting paid off.

Mrs OBumble

Deleted User wrote: »

Font and Morris are the Tuam road and Ballybrit/Ballybane roundabouts

Thanks - you inspired me to do a map of the roundabout names - the fFrench name is gone from Google maps already, and I expect that Lynch will go at the next update.

Can just imagine the discussions we'll have in a year or two about what name each one had back in the day!

snubbleste

Can someone confirm if most of the works are conducted at night? Council's Ciarán Hayes mentioned because these two are not located in substanial residential areas that night-time work would be carried out. Hence the no lane closures between 7am and 7pm

Irishgoatman

I'm not in Galway but I do have to visit.

Looks as though I've missed something, are they replacing all roundabouts with traffis lights?.

snubbleste

Irishgoatman wrote: »

I'm not in Galway but I do have to visit.
Looks as though I've missed something, are they replacing all roundabouts with traffis lights?.

Not all of them, mainly the ones on the N6. We will keep a few to remind us of olden times :cool:

antoobrien

snubbleste wrote: »

Can someone confirm if most of the works are conducted at night? Council's Ciarán Hayes mentioned because these two are not located in substanial residential areas that night-time work would be carried out. Hence the no lane closures between 7am and 7pm

The "no lane closures" promise does not necessarily mean that works will progress at night. Maddens ran the briarhill RAB in this fashion and did a lot of the work during daylight hours.

It was when they had to close access to the various roads for paving (e.g. Monivea rd outbound) that lane closures took place at night.

Then again coffey of the SQR disaster is running these, so they'll probably do whatever they feel like.

snubbleste

Council infuriates motorists

Galway city council is advising motorists to leave more time for their journeys and to refrain from slowing down to look at the roadworks.
Motorists are angry that the sign advertising the works indicated there would be no lane closures between 7am and 7pm and yet one lane of the usual three was closed at peak time this morning.
City council senior executive engineer Jim Molloy claims an illegally parked van caused some of the morning's problems.

factual lies

went through both roundabouts today at 2.15pm exactly. There was one person working on the tuam road roundabout and 3 people on the ballybane roundabout. If this is going to be the trend for the roadworks, I'd imagine them being finished around 2014 !!!

Stench Blossoms

God getting through the Morris roundabout yesterday at about 5.30 was an absolute nightmare. There was a lane closed.

Not impressed.

Acidflash

factual lies wrote: »

went through both roundabouts today at 2.15pm exactly. There was one person working on the tuam road roundabout and 3 people on the ballybane roundabout. If this is going to be the trend for the roadworks, I'd imagine them being finished around 2014 !!!

As someone else already pointed out it's the same clowns that are doing SQR so I wouldn't expect anything else.

Traffic on the Tuam road was backed up to two mile ditch this morning,lots of people turning around and going through Parkmore.

bobbytables

I didn't know the SQR developers were running this project until now. What bothers me about SQR is how much of a chicane-like driving experience it incurs in the finished sections!. Apart from that teenage girl loosing her life already (RIP) & numerous other minor traffic accidents, I am seriously concerned for the implementations ahead.

I pass through SQR most days & feel that you have to treat it like a car park as opposed to a major city road in terms of hazards.

gordongekko

What was the traffic like at these roundabouts the last couple if days?

slick89

The roundabout by Monaghans had all lanes open this morning so got from Claregalway to town in about 20 minutes

Zzippy

Left work just before 6 yesterday and traffic was about the lightest I've ever seen at that time, no delays at all.

Mrs OBumble

Getting out of Ballybrit estate took 15 minutes at 5:30pm yesterday, and 20 mins the day before. Normally takes 2 mins, tops. But once we were past the RAB, normal time.

I couldn't see any lane closures from the bus, except maybe the left turn into the DC, which is usually empty anyway 'cos everyone doing that uses the slip road.

what_traffic

Email sent yesterday evening @ 17h19 from Galway City Council's Transportation Unit to employers in the vicinity of the Roadworks
To minimise the Traffic Disruption over the duration of the works to convert the
Font & Morris Roundabouts to Signalised Junctions, it has been necessary to remove
the existing islands at the roundabouts.
The removal of these islands will enable the contractor to maintain the traffic flows
at both Roundabouts at pre-works levels.

While the removal of these islands has resulted in the temporary removal of filter lanes
on the approaches to the roundabouts, this will not result in the closure of any traffic lanes
for the duration of the works.

Galway City Council regrets any inconvenience these works have caused and we are
working closely with our project partners in the National Roads Authority, AECOM, RPS
and Coffey Construction (I) Ltd to ensure that disruption to commuters, business and
residents is kept to a minimum.

dloob

Ignoring the no lane closures promise again, Coffey have now closed the inside lane on the ballybrit roundabout.

Can a contractor be barred from tendering for contracts due to past gross incompetence?

antoobrien

dloob wrote: »

Ignoring the no lane closures promise again, Coffey have now closed the inside lane on the ballybrit roundabout.

That's ballybane/mervue but most definitely not ballybrit.

what_traffic

dloob wrote: »

Ignoring the no lane closures promise again, Coffey have now closed the inside lane on the ballybrit roundabout.

Can a contractor be barred from tendering for contracts due to past gross incompetence?

Good luck arguing that point with the GTU in City Hall.