Work planned on N11 at Kilmacanogue

Works to upgrade the N11 at Kilmacanogue to address safe access to and from the petrol station on the southbound lane are to start soon.

Wicklow County Council has prepared plans to install a parallel service road on the stretch of road. The €100,000 project includes the widening of the N11 into the central reserve to facilitate the works.

Plans are available to view at County Buildings or wicklow.ie, until Monday, May 28.

Submissions may be made in writing to Transportation and Roads Infrastructure, Wicklow County Council, County Buildings, Wicklow or by email to roadtran@ wicklowcoco.ie on or before Monday, June 11.

Cllr Steven Matthews said that the proposed works will create a segregated third 50km/h lane which will serve the private and commercial premises to the east of the N11. The segregated lane will start near the lavender fields and run continuously to the Kilmacanogue off ramp.

‘ This means that all vehicles from the properties and business to the east and cars exiting the petrol station will join the N11 by using the roundabout and Kilmacanogue on-ramp,’ said Cllr Matthews.

Kilmacanogue-bound traffic from Bray, Hills Roundabout will stay in a left filter lane until they join the segregated lane. A cycle lane may be included from Bray to the Kilmacanogue exit.

If the application is passed by council- lors the works could be completed within 12 months.

This was the only project for the N11 included in this year’s Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) funding, despite a report last year recommending substantial works to a road at capacity. The report said that the N11 requires another lane between the M50 and Kilmacanogue.

A TII study of the N11 last year stated that ‘any further delay in investment in this section of the M11/N11 will lead to further increases in congestion along the corridor; and will further constrain growth in the north and east of Wicklow and the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown area, as a result of competitiveness and productivity.’