Clane-Maynooth Municipal District Meeting, Friday, 5 July 2024
Councillor Pádraig McEvoy
Question
Can the council outline progress towards completing the M4 bus corridor in this municipal district?
Agenda Report
The M4 Bus Priority measures are progressing as two projects:
M4 Eastbound Bus Priority Measures (at construction stage), and
M4 Westbound Bus Priority Measures (at design stage)
as set out below:
M4 Eastbound Bus Priority Measures
Per the approved Part 8, this project is eastbound on the M4 from Maynooth to Leixlip. Further details of the project can be found on Kildare County Council consultation portal [link].
At present there is a Road Works Speed Limit Order in place (08 April – 02 December 2024) on the M4 Eastbound between junctions 5 and 6. Enabling works such as ducting and drainage get underway for the construction of the first phase of the bus priority measures (M4 Eastbound Bus Priority Measures), Junction 5 to Junction 6 Eastbound. Construction of the remainder of the scheme from Junction 6 to Junction 7 is intended to follow the first phase.
M4 Westbound Bus Priority Measures
A technical advisor has recently been appointed to progress Phase 3, Design and Environmental Evaluation, and Phase 4, Statutory Process, for the M4 Westbound Bus Priority Measures.
Issued by: Ms. M Whelan, Senior Engineer, National Roads Office.
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