PREFERRED ROUTES FOR MAJOR N2 ROAD SCHEMES PUBLISHED

The preferred route corridors for the major road developments on the N2 from Clontibret to the Border and Ardee to Castleblayney were confirmed on Tuesday last. The extensive public consultation process that preceded the confirmation of the routes did not result in any changes to the proposals that were presented to the public during consultation, consulting engineers Jacobs and Monaghan Co Council stated.

“Following review and consideration of the submissions and feedback received, it was determined that there was no new and/or additional information of enough significance to necessitate an amendment to the previously presented Emerging Preferred Route Corridors for either scheme. “Therefore, the corridors presented at the Emerging Preferred Route Corridor consultation, without any amendments, have been selected as the Preferred Route Corridor options,” said a statement on the Co Council website.

Over 80 written submissions were received on the Clontibret to the Border project and over 180 on the Ardee…