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The section of the M6 Motorway was one of fifteen major road projects that finished significantly over its original tender agreement price.
A major regional infrastructure project has been found to have surpassed its original construction budget by over €20 million, according to information released today.
The Ballinasloe to Athlone Section of the M6 Motorway, completed in 2009, was originally tendered at €79.1 million but finished at a total price of over €100 million when complete.
According to information released to the Irish Times today, the figure is part of an overall national overspend of €850 million on major road infrastructure products.
Traffic volumes fall this week after rising over last three months Data tracking vehicles on State’s main roads ‘like a heart monitor’ matching lockdowns
Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 12:30 Updated: Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 13:05
The number of vehicles on the roads are significantly below pre-Covid levels, with seven-day averages for the first three months of 2021 of about 450,000 vehicles, compared to a weekly average of about 700,000 vehicles in the first three months of 2019. File photograph: Bryan O Brien
Traffic volumes on the State’s main roads have fallen significantly this week after rising over the last three months and particularly since the partial reopening of schools at the start of March.
New speed safety cameras being trialled on M7 motorway after data shows four in ten drivers are breaking speed limits
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A new speed safety camera system is to be trialled on the M7 motorway which runs through Laois because nearly 40% of motorists are breaking the limit while many don t slow down in bad weather, according to Gardaí
As part of a pilot project in Limerick, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Roads Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána have confirmed the installation of motorway average speed safety cameras.
Gardaí say that analysis of traffic data by TII shows that speeding is typical of driver behaviour on low traffic volume sections of the motorway network throughout the country. They say this type of driver behaviour is very dangerous, and it is compounded during rain or hail showers increasing the potential of serious accidents.