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A6 Londonderry to Dungiven Dualling Scheme

Speaking at the launch of the Ilex Regeneration Plan for Londonderry on 13 December 2005, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP, announced a proposal to construct 30 a kilometre dual carriageway between Londonderry and Dungiven including a dual carriageway bypass of Dungiven. The decision to include this dual carriageway project into the Department for Regional Development’s Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan 2015 resulted from a strategy developed by civil engineering consultants Scott Wilson for the possible future improvement of the A6 between Londonderry and Castledawson. Following examination of a number of potential corridors where a dual carriageway could be built, Roads Service accepted the consultants recommendation of a preferred corridor loosely based around the line of the existing road.

Planning Status at 30 June 2008 : Possible routes for the new road were introduced to the public during Community Information Events held on May 20 & 21, 2008 in Dungiven and May 27 & 28, 2008 in Drumahoe. The exhibition material presented at the Community Information Events can be viewed at “More Pages: Community Involvement”. Over 600 people visited the Community Information Events and over 90 written comments have been received. Whilst the June 30, 2008 closing date for the return of comments was selected to encourage prompt comment on the proposals presented in the May 2008 Community Information Events, Roads Service will continue to accept comments up to the end of July 2008. If you wish to comment, click here (171kb) This link will open a new window. to download a comments sheet. All comments received, in concert with a wide range of other surveys and assessments, will assist Roads Service to comprehensively examine the possible routes and to announce in Spring 2009 that a preferred route has been selected for the road.

Over the next few months Roads Service proposes to carry out further studies of the corridor encompassing the possible routes for the road.

Scheme Brochure (331KB) This link will open a new window.

  • Geotechnical Investigation: Contractual difficulties postponed a preliminary geotechnical investigation that Roads Service had planned to carry out during March 2008 to supplement historic information obtained from the Geological Survey for Northern Ireland. This preliminary geotechnical investigation will now be carried out during July and August. Click here (96kb) This link will open a new window.. to view a community update describing geotechnical investigation.
  • 'Possible Routes' Agricultural Land-Use Assessment: Over the next few months, an agri-business specialist will be visiting farms likely to be affected by the possible routes for the new road. Click here (73kb) This link will open a new window.. to view a community update describing the 'possible routes' agricultural land use assessment.