Plans for an \u20ac800 million roads project in Donegal aimed at improving transport links across the northwest will be published in regional and national press this morning.<\/p>\n
Donegal County Council has described the TEN-T Priority Route Improvement Project as a “game changer” in terms of socio-economic development and connectivity.<\/p>\n
The scheme focuses on three sections of the national road network that aims to ease congestion in three urban areas; Letterkenny, the twin towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, and Lifford.<\/p>\n
It also includes more than 60km of integrated active travel infrastructure, transport hubs and measures aimed at decarbonisation and climate resilience.<\/p>\n
The project covers the N15\/N13 Ballybofey\/Stranorlar urban area, the N56\/N13 route from Letterkenny to Manorcunningham including a new Swilly Bridge, and the N14 from Manorcunningham to Lifford, Strabane and the A5 Link.<\/p>\n
The Council has said the scheme addresses significant issues on Donegal’s national roads.<\/p>\n
It is set to go through the strategic infrastructure planning process with An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la.<\/p>\n
Public consultation<\/p>\n
The public can make submissions on the application and compulsory purchase orders during an eight-week consultation.<\/p>\n
The application will also involve transboundary consultation with Northern Ireland that could be the subject of an oral hearing.<\/p>\n
A Land Liaison Team, under the auspices of the National Roads Office has been engaging and is available to engage with land and property owners that may be impacted.<\/p>\n
The proposed CPO includes 34 residential properties, four commercial properties and 6 uninhabited properties.<\/p>\n
If project approval is granted, the next stages will include land acquisition, advance works and the construction tendering process.<\/p>\n
Donegal County Council has said the earliest possible start date for construction is 2028, subject to funding and procurement.<\/p>\n
Connectivity to the northwest county is heavily dependent on routes near or through Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Approximately 90% of Donegal\u2019s border is with counties Derry, Tyrone and Fermanagh with the remaining 10% bordering with Leitrim.<\/p>\n
The Donegal Ten T project received Cabinet approval to move to planning in 2024.<\/p>\n
The Council has said the project represents the single greatest investment in transport infrastructure in Donegal in the modern history of the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans for an \u20ac800 million roads project in Donegal aimed at improving transport links across the northwest will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-447946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}