Transport 21, 2006-2015

Transport 21, announced by Government in November 2005, sets out a comprehensive development programme for the network of national roads over the period 2006 to 2015. The funding available to the Authority over the ten years is in the order of  €16.5 billion. The national road development strategy includes the following:

National Primary Roads

• Complete the development of the five major interurban motorways, linking Dublin with Belfast, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford by the end of 2010;
• Complete the development of dual carriageways to Ashbourne on the N2, Kells on the N3, and Gorey on the N11;
• Improve strategic national roads links with Northern Ireland and to the west and northwest by upgrading the N2, N3, N4 and N5;
• Develop the Atlantic Road Corridor from Letterkenny to Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. This will connect the National Spatial Strategy’s (NSS), 2002-2020 Gateway Cities.
• Improve other key national primary routes including the N21 from Limerick to Tralee, the N22 from Killarney to Cork, the N24 from Limerick to Waterford, the N25 to Rosslare and the N30 Enniscorthy to New Ross route.

National Secondary Roads

Targeted improvements will also be undertaken on a number of national secondary routes which are of particular importance for regional development. These routes include:

• the N52 from Dundalk to Nenagh and the N80 from Moate to Enniscorthy, both of which are key cross country linking corridors identified in the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) 2002 - 2020;
• the N56 Donegal Coastal Route;
• the N59 coastal route from Sligo via Westport to Galway;
• the N67 and N68 along the Clare coast;
• the N69 along the Shannon Estuary from Limerick to Tralee;
• the N70, N71 and N86 coastal and peninsular routes in Cork and Kerry, and
• the N81 to Blessington in Wicklow.

Please click here to access the Transport 21 website.