A5 WTC (New Road from Aughnacloy to Derry)

[Milltown Row2]

I grew up in a village along the A5 (and was knocked down crossing it as a child).  There are houses there whose front doors are literally (and I mean it) three feet from the A5 carriageway.

There are thousands of new roads that have been built where homes used to be. If not what state of road network would we have. It's crap, you lose a homestead but it's time these halions catch themselves on

[imtommygunn]

What came first... the houses or the road? That's madness.

[marty34]

Stormont official says road should be completed by 2028, according to BBC.

[seafoid]

What came first... the houses or the road? That's madness.

The road was built in the 50s . Most of the houses would have come later.

[AustinPowers]

Stormont official says road should be completed by 2028, according to BBC.

Frig sake , even  casement will be built  before it!

[Milltown Row2]

Stormont official says road should be completed by 2028, according to BBC.

Frig sake , even  casement will be built  before it!

Wouldn't hold my breath on that one!

[seafoid]

the A5 will be finished in time for the United Ireland

[armaghniac]

the A5 will be finished in time for the United Ireland

I wouldn't bet on that.

[Rois]

What came first... the houses or the road? That's madness.

The road was built in the 50s . Most of the houses would have come later.

Not in our village - the road through it must have become the A5. I'm fairly sure there are pictures of the houses (or the houses that were replaced by upgrades) from the turn of the previous century.

[seafoid]

What came first... the houses or the road? That's madness.

The road was built in the 50s . Most of the houses would have come later.

Not in our village - the road through it must have become the A5. I'm fairly sure there are pictures of the houses (or the houses that were replaced by upgrades) from the turn of the previous century.

There is a certain order in villages but there is none in ribbon development fronting onto the road.
The Republic is drowning in Corporate tax and could afford £500m these days. It would be better to take the money before it disappears.

[Milltown Row2]

What came first... the houses or the road? That's madness.

The road was built in the 50s . Most of the houses would have come later.

Not in our village - the road through it must have become the A5. I'm fairly sure there are pictures of the houses (or the houses that were replaced by upgrades) from the turn of the previous century.

So people have in the past been moved to have new roads! But now it would destroy their sun room!

[Rois]

Well I imagine these people in my village aren't campaigning against the new A5 - the proposed new road is about 1km nearer the Foyle, away from their houses. For our stretch - north of Strabane towards Derry - the road is due to pass through sparsely populated agri land.

[LeoMc]

A new dual carriageway would require the demolition of eight properties.

It is anticipated that Alternative One would result in 11 properties requiring demolition, whereas Alternative Two would require an estimated 15 properties to be demolished.

The 2 alternatives are bypassing Omagh and Strabane and some 2+1 overtaking lanes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65781549

[seafoid]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65781549


The inquiry was told that 14,000 vehicles use the road daily between Ballygawley and Omagh each day which is over capacity.

There are more than 1,370 side accesses along the existing A5, including private and field accesses.

The current 2+1 overtaking lanes also do not meet modern road standards.

Peter Edwards, a technical adviser to the A5 Western Transport Corridor project, said "the department's objectives would not be properly achieved" with the alternative schemes.

"We would still have a high risk of accidents, would still have a large volume of traffic. All these issues would still exist," he told the inquiry.

"There are some areas where the status quo would be maintained - Moylagh and Garvaghy and Ballymacilroy Hill - the measures that we would do there are limited.

"The potential accident blackspots remain."

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2023/06/10/republic-to-fund-250-nursing-places-in-north-in-unprecedented-cross-border-move/In an interview with The Irish Times a fortnight ago, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hinted the plan was afoot when he suggested funding could be made available for some projects in the North "because that might help the situation in Northern Ireland where there's a real budget squeeze".

Mr Varadkar cited the co-funding of the A5 road to Derry, adding: "That's the kind of conversation we're willing to have, as to how we can identify other projects."