A6 Londonerry to Dungiven Dualling Scheme: About the Scheme

Roads Service has examined strategies for future improvement of the A6 road corridor between the Castledawson Roundabout and Londonderry. Ten corridors were examined - seven lying to the north of the existing road, two lying to the south of the existing road and one loosely following the line of the existing road. This  examination recommended that any improvement should follow a corridor loosely based around the line of the existing road between Castledawson Roundabout and Drumahoe except at Dungiven where a bypass south of the town is recommended, and a cross country corridor between Drumahoe and the Caw Roundabout north east of Londonderry.

Dualling of the 30 kilometre western part of the corridor between Londonderry and Dungiven, including a dual carriageway bypass of Dungiven has been added to the Department for Regional Development’s ’Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan 2015’. This document presents a range of multi-modal transport initiatives to manage, maintain and develop Northern Ireland’s Strategic Transport Network over the next ten years or so.

Roads Service is now examining potential routes for the dual carriageway within the Derry Dungiven corridor illustrated above. The scheme would lead traffic onto a 30 kilometre long dual carriageway starting east of Derry close to the Caw Roundabout and connecting to the existing A6 Glenshane Road east of Dungiven. In general the new road would comprise:

• 5.3 kilometres of dual carriageway cross country between Caw Roundabout and Drumahoe.
• 22.4 kilometres of dual carriageway closely following the existing A6 corridor between Drumahoe and Dungiven.
• 2.3 kilometres of dual carriageway cross country south of Dungiven.

Junctions at Caw roundabout, Drumahoe and either side of Dungiven would connect the new road to the existing road network.