Night-time closures and restrictions on the Galway-Dublin motorway are to be introduced next week to facilitate the construction of the new ‘super junction’ at Rathmorrissey.
From Monday to Friday of next week, the westbound lanes will be closed between the Athenry and Oranmore junctions from 10pm to 6am.
There will also be ‘rolling closures’ on the eastbound lanes – traffic will be escorted at reduced speeds between Oranmore and Athenry junctions, so delays can be expected.
The westbound closures will also be in place for Monday and Tuesday of the following week during the same times, with some eastbound restrictions from Monday to Friday.
Already, a reduced 80km/h speed limit has been introduced “to ensure the safety of the public road users as well as construction personnel”.
According to the Council’s Director of Services for Transport, Liam Gavin, the closures are to facilitate the delivery of large pre-cast concrete beams to the three new bridges being built at Rathmorrissey – thesewill form part of the new interchange between the M6 and the new M17/18 Gort-Tuam motorway.
“This activity will occur during the night so as to minimise any disruption on the M6 while the work is taking place. These plans include a diversion route for M6 westbound traffic between Junction 17 Athenry and Junction 19 Oranmore with a combination of temporary lane closures and rolling closures for eastbound traffic.
“Rolling closures effectively means that the M6 eastbound carriageway of the motorway will remain open with traffic being escorted at reduced sped between J19 and J17, which will result in minor localised delays.”
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