12th Nov 2003
Compulsory Purchase Order Published For New N9 Dual-Carriageway
Kildare County Council has made a compulsory purchase order for the northern section of a major new road link between Dublin and Waterford. The order, details of which are being published in local and national newspapers, relates to 479 hectares of land between Kilcullen, Co. Kildare and Powerstown, Co. Carlow. The road, will support employment by providing safer, faster access to national and international markets, and will relieve traffic congestion in towns along the existing N9.

The new inter-urban route, a key element in the National Roads Authority’s transport network, will be a high-quality dual carriageway. It will carry much of the long distance traffic and heavy goods vehicles using the existing Dublin-Waterford route. This will substantially reduce congestion, noise and traffic pollution, and will improve road safety, travel times and air quality. The road will also accommodate future growth in traffic volumes, and the region’s economic competitiveness will be increased with the reduction in travel time and transport costs.

By-passes will be provided for Carlow town and Castledermot. The northern section of the road will join up with the Kilcullen By-pass and will include a specially-built link to Athy. The 46-kilometre route retains the existing grade-separated junction at Kilcullen and provides four new grade-separated junctions, together with 43 bridge structures and other culvert structures. Documentation for the southern section, from Powerstown to Waterford, is expected to be published shortly.

The County Council has published an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project, and has identified a number of measures to minimise disruption during the construction stage and to mitigate any adverse effects of the scheme on the environment. The EIS and the compulsory purchase order can be inspected at the offices of Kildare County Council, National Roads Design Office, Maudlins, Naas, and at Carlow County Council’s offices (Athy Road, Carlow). A copy of the EIS has been posted on the project website, www.n9-n10kilcullen-waterford.ie

The N9/N10 Inter-urban Route is funded by the National Roads Authority under the National Development Plan 2000 - 2006.

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For more information contact:

Senior Engineer, Kildare National Roads Design Office,
Maudlins, Naas, Co. Kildare. Tel: 045 898199 Fax: 045 875845 Email: n9n10@kildarenrdo.com

or: N9/N10 Project Coordinator, Kilkenny County Council,
Roads Office, 1 Dean Street, Kilkenny. Tel: 056 91300 Fax: 056 91313
Email: nro@kilkennycoco.ie