Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Michael Nolan:

That is just a summary of the schemes that are going through a pre-appraisal process. In my opening statement, I said that some of the schemes may go to construction in the current ten year plan and some may not, we are not sure yet. As an example of co-operation and our working relationship with the NTA, we completed an M11 and N11 corridor study with the local authorities and the NTA in April 2017. We identified a range of transport solutions for the problem along the N11 corridor, it was not only upgrading the roadway which is really inefficient. Anyone coming up from the direction of Wicklow or heading towards Wexford knows what the N11 is like from Kilmacanogue. It is really unsafe. There is a 60 kph speed limits on the dual carriageway section because of legacy planning issues. We are improving that road but in the context of a broad range of public transport and road transport initiatives over a long period. That is an example. We will work with the NTA on the N4 when it is past pre-appraisal. We do not engage in road upgrade projects in isolation of public transport initiatives. Mr. Creegan might speak about the N11. We co-operated for about 18 months on that.

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