After 3 weeks of landowner meetings, details of the initial road design of the N2 Clontibret to border road scheme are now being made available. The design is available via an interactive map on the project website. It shows the ‘initial design’, which will be subject to change following feedback from landowners and stakeholders. Over the past number of years, Monaghan County Council has been working in association with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, (TII) to develop a scheme to upgrade the 28km section of the N2/A5 Dublin-Derry Road. The proposed project is in County Monaghan and is called the N2 Clontibret to Border Road Scheme.
The development of this project is supported by local, regional and national policy, and it also forms part of the EU’s Trans-European Transport Network. When the project is complete, it will bring a wide range of benefits, including supporting balanced regional development by improving accessibility and connectivity to the border and north west regions. The project will bypass Monaghan Town, Emyvale village and the settlement of Corracrin, removing traffic congestion, improving safety and enhancing the urban environment for all road users. The project currently has funding from the EU’s ‘Connecting Europe Facility’ Fund, with match funding provided by the Department of Transport.
The N2 Project Team has substantially completed the necessary surveys/investigations to prepare an ‘initial’ design of the proposed road. In March, the project team contacted approximately 260 directly affected landowners, inviting them to meet with members of the project team to discuss the potential impact of the scheme on their lands. Feedback can be submitted to the N2 Project Team by email [email protected] or via the N2 Project Phoneline 087 340 3786.
Over the coming months the N2 Project Team will consider feedback received from landowners and other stakeholders, and will then make changes and updates to the ‘initial’ design. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Compulsory Purchase Order documentation will then be prepared. Subject to funding and approvals, an application would then be submitted to An Bord Pleanála as part of the planning approval process. Subject to approvals and available funding, the project is likely to take another 5-6 years of planning and design, and construction is not due to commence until after 2030.
