PPP Road Schemes

The following table details the PPP Roads Programme:

Route

Length(km)

Comments

N1/M1 Dublin-Border Route

 

 

 Dundalk Western Bypass

11

 Scheme opened September 2005

M3 Cavan to Dublin Route

 
 Clonee-Kells

50

 Contract awarded in April 2007.  Target construction completion date - late 2010

N4/N6 Galway to Dublin Route

 

 

 Kinnegad-Kilcock (N4)

40

 Scheme opened December 2005
 Galway to East Ballinasloe (N6)

51

 Contract awarded in April 2007.  Target construction completion date - late 2010.

N7 Limerick to Dublin Route
 Portlaoise - Castletown

40

 Contract awarded in June 2007.  Target construction completion date - late 2010

M8 Cork to Dublin Route

 

 

 Portlaoise - Cullahill

 40

 Contract awarded un June 2007.  Target construction completion date - late 2010.  OJEC publication date - Q1, 2005
 Fermoy By-Pass

18

 Scheme opened October 2006

City By-passes
 Waterford By-Pass

 23

 Contract awarded in April 2006. Target construction completion date - late 2010.

Limerick South Ring 11 (Limerick Tunnel Scheme)

10

 Contract awarded in August 2006.  Target construction completion date - late 2010.

M50 PPP Contract

24

Contract awarded in September 2007. Target construction completion date - late 2010.

Extension of an Existing PPP Concession
 2nd Westlink Bridge  Bridge opened September 2003

 

*Portlaoise - Castletown (N7) and Portlaoise - Cullahill (N8) was placed as one PPP contract with an approximate combined mainline motorway length of 40 km.

On the five major inter-urban routes, the aim will be to achieve a minimum 96 kph averege inter-urban speed from completion of construction to 2020; in practice, it is anticipated that a higher level of service will be achieved.  It is estimated that the investment programme will result in the following off-peak journey time savings on the inter-urban journey by the end of 2006 compared with 1999.