It keeps being pushed back. They originally said late autumn 2026. Now they saying midsummer 2027, which would be cutting it very tight with the golf taking place in September. Iâm guessing late 2026/early 2027 is a more realistic date, given that 18 months is what it will take.
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To be fair If it was found in Rathkeale it probably was from Adare.
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Itâs hard to fathom that planners ever envisaged starting the bypass at the golf club. A child of five could tell you it was going to lead to a backlog of traffic coming from the city direction. In my mind I naively assumed they were always going to join up the bypass to the M20 at Attyflynn, but alas, this is not the case at present. Thank god for someone with a brain like Cllr Bridie Collins. That someone had to point out the bleeding obvious to the Dept of Transport is beyond belief.
They surely done this on purpose,even a child could see the 2 roads have to be joined up.Ridiculous carry on.Theyll probably charge an absolute fortune now if they do change it.Ching ching.
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Wouldnât be that familiar with the layout but assumed that the bulk of city traffic heading past adare would be leaving city via Clarina direction and joining that way
Is this issue mainly for people coming from Dublin and all other routes?
Yes plus cars coming up the Cork road joining the dublin road.
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Donât know would many cars coming from cork go through adare really
They love their whinging about roads in Limerick so they do.
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Any map I saw previously Adare was being clearly bypassed with a link road. So I have no idea what sheâs on about.
We need more details that just a politician standing on the side of a road.
What she is saying is that the motorway will disappear as it does now and reappear after the roundabout to woodlands, so there will be a bottle neck there. Which I mean naturally of course there will.
I had assumed like most that the motorway would join up with the motorway.
She might be going overboard on the mile long tail backs etc, but itâs clearly a stupid idea and obvously going to be a problem.
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I donnoâŚ
Adare looks clearly to be bypassed here.
Weâll have to see the detailed maps to understand.
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This seems to skip the interesting bit.
But still gives an idea of progress.
You can also clearly see the link road in question. You can also see the link road in Croagh. I think the issue is the tender package for the current phase is only between those two link roads and hasnât included that last piece to the M20. Very strange to leave it out, but they are really against the gun in terms of it completed so maybe they wanted to ensure they had the actual bypass piece completed.
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At least Askeaton, Pallaskenry & Kildimo are bypassed.
Thatâs the main thing. 
Youâd want to be going out of your way to go to Pallas
And Askeaton is literally bypassed already
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No. The bulk of traffic heading west out of the city travel along the M20/N21 in the direction of Adare. It carries five times as much traffic as the N69 Clarina coast road route.
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Thatâs not the issue. Watch the clip of Cllr Collins explaining it. The motorway ends just past Patrickswell. The plan was then to have all traffic continue onto Adare on the existing single carriageway, before they turned right just before the golf club to exit again onto the Adare bypass (motorway. Funnelling all that traffic coming off the M20 motorway into a single lane will cause unnecessary congestion. Whatâs even more stupid is at the roundabout, they donât even have the right of way - cars coming from the west along the bypass and coming off to enter Adare have right of way there. It is the most Irish thing ever. You couldnât make this shit up.
The motorway and the bypass need to be joined up, itâs only a 3km stretch that separate them.
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500 million should cover it.
When it takes half an hour at peak times to get through a village the size of Adare, Iâd say the whinging is warranted.