16/06/2005

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Grange Castle Road – Official Opening 22nd June 2005

Press Release 

On June 22^nd, 2005 Mayor Robert Dowds will officially unveil a namestone on the Grange Castle Road at 11am at the Baldonnel/Corkagh junction to mark the provision of Phase 1 of the Outer Ring Road. The construction of the Outer Ring Road was included as an objective in the County Dublin Development Plan since the early 1970’s. This policy has continued and South Dublin County Council acknowledges  the need to promote and facilitate economic development of the area. Provision of a distributor road linking the western towns of the Greater Dublin Area is  recognised by the Dublin Transportation Office as part of an integrated transport objective and included in their report – 2000 – 2016 DTO Platform for Change.

The provision of this road also conforms to the principles underpinning the ‘National Development Plan’ (2000-2006) and the ‘Strategic Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area’ in terms of promoting continuing sustainable economic and employment growth.

The road was constructed with the assistance of grant funding from the Department of the Environment and Local Government, the Dublin Transportation Office and the National Roads Authority.  The balance of the costs associated with constructing the roads were provided from the Council’s own resources. The cost of providing this section is  € 33 million.

There are 2 more phases which will finish the link to the North to the N4 and on the South to the N81.

This section is just over 4.7 km in length starting at the Adamstown roundabout and includes overbridge crossings of the Cork-Dublin Railway Line and the Grand Canal. It terminates at a grade separated interchange on the N7 at Kingswood.

There are new link roads at Baldonnell Road and before the N7- the Green Isle Road which links to the Old Naas Road and Boot Road.

This link improves infrastructure links to the Grange Castle Business Park to the main carriage way to the South – N7.

The Mayor was also delighted to see the positive effect that the new Green

Isle Sliproad has made to the local infrastructure in terms of helping to ease traffic congestion and provide a new route to the Lynch Green Isle Hotel from both sides of the Naas Dual carriageway".