{"id":19593,"date":"2025-09-13T22:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T22:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/19593\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T22:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T22:10:06","slug":"new-road-parallel-to-village-proposed-to-alleviate-traffic-from-limerick-to-cork-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/19593\/","title":{"rendered":"New road parallel to village proposed to alleviate traffic from Limerick to Cork motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN ADDITIONAL road<\/a> could be built alongside Patrickswell as part of the M20 project in order to keep traffic out of the village.<\/p>\n

This was on of four options presented by designers of the Limerick to Cork motorway in response to fears by councillors that the new \u20ac1bn link could lead to a surge in vehicles into Patrickswell.<\/p>\n

The latest route design of the M20 road – published earlier this summer – sparked concerns among people in Patrickswell, given that access to the road will be restricted near the village.<\/p>\n

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It was intended that junction five (on the current M20) at Attyflin would be closed off.<\/p>\n

This would have meant drivers heading towards Attyflin, Killeen and their surrounds would have needed to exit the motorway at junction four and drive through the village.<\/p>\n

However, at a special council meeting this week, Jari Howard, the co-ordinator of the M20 project, outlined the measures his team are examining in order to tackle this problem.<\/p>\n

The most ambitious is the creation of a link road connecting the two kilometres between the junction at Limerick Racecourse and Attyflin, on the western side of the village.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been acknowledged this connector road may potentially travel through historic demesnes and farmland, potentially making acquisition more complicated.<\/p>\n

Mr Howard also outlined the three other options.<\/p>\n

One involves keeping the existing M20 exit at Attyflin, rather than closing it.<\/p>\n

A second would see a second exit at Attyflin junction to replicate what is there already on the opposite side of the road.<\/p>\n

These two options could be deployed together, Mr Howard has said.<\/p>\n

And a third option involves the addition of an eastbound exit on the left-hand side of the Attyflin junction, giving drivers a way to head back to Limerick city.<\/p>\n

At the special meeting, councillors in the City West area largely backed the idea of a parallel road, as outlined in the first option.<\/p>\n

But Mr Howard said all four options are currently being assessed – and all of these carry their own drawbacks, which will need to be investigated.<\/p>\n

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