A8 Belfast to Larne Dualling
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Scheme Update (11th November 2008) Scheme BackgroundScheme Update (11th November 2008)
Following the Community Information Days held in May 2008 and further engineering studies, the stage 1 'Preliminary Options' Assessment is now complete. An announcement on the preferred corridors to be taken forward to the next stage of the assessment (preferred Route selection) was made by the Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy, on 7th November 2008.
A well attended public consultation event took place on 11th and 12th November 2008, with approximately 400 members of the public attending to view the corridor options. This event gave the public an opportunity to express any concerns and provide feedback on the corridor options to the Roads Service team. All feedback and comments relating to this public consultation event should be received by 12th December 2008. Refer to November 2008 Public Consultation Event Leaflet for details on how to make comment.
Information displayed at this public consultation event is available to view below.
November 2008 Public Consultation Panels
Panel 1: Introduction Low Resolution (230kb) High Resolution (1,763kb) |
Panel 2,3&4: What has happened so far Low Resolution (960kb) High Resolution (1,397kb) |
Panel 5&6: Recommendation Low Resolution (612kb) High Resolution (2,916kb) |
Panel 7: Sub Corridor Option Low Resolution (310kb) High Resolution (793kb) |
Panel 8: Your Views Low Resolution (146kb) High Resolution (238kb) |
If you would like to comment or send us your views please write to:
Divisional Roads Manager, Northern Division, Divisional headquarters, County hall, Castlerock Road, Coleraine, BT51 3HS or email us at roads.northern@drdni.gov.uk
Background
Roads Service is investigating the dualling of the A8 between the B95 Coleman’s Corner Junction and the B100 Ballyrickard Road Junction. The A8 is a strategically important road within Northern Ireland and is included in the recently published Investment Delivery Plan (IDP) for Roads. This stretch of the A8 currently carries in excess of 17,000 vehicles per day. With traffic levels continuing to grow, traffic congestion will increase and road safety will deteriorate. It is important to the economy of Northern Ireland that the port of Larne is serviced by an efficient road link.
In January 2007, the Irish Government announced their new National Development Plan (NDP) 2007-2013. This plan contained proposals for considerable Irish Government investment in North/South projects including the Eastern Seaboard Key transport Corridor of which the A8 is part of.
A number of studies were undertaken between 1999 and 2000 which resulted in a series of improvements to the A8. The IDP for Roads has identified the completion of the dualling of the A8 before 2017/18.