Construction work is due to get under way shortly on the next phase of the "Atlantic corridor", with the National Roads Authority (NRA) confirming it has signed a contract for the bypassing of Gort and Crusheen, reports today's Irish Times.The cost of the scheme is €207.5 million and the consortium to secure the contract is SIAC Wills JV. The road scheme consists of 23km of dual carriageway and commences at the northern end of the Ennis bypass and extends to approximately 1km north of Gort, bypassing the village of Crusheen and the town of Gort. An NRA spokesman said construction work was expected to start in the coming weeks and the project was expected to be complete in 2011.
The scheme is expected to reduce journey times between Limerick and Galway cities and follows the bypassing of Ennis and Newmarket-on-Fergus along the N18 route.
The scheme is expected to reduce journey times between Limerick and Galway cities and follows the bypassing of Ennis and Newmarket-on-Fergus along the N18 route.
