Bypass project promises good times ahead

JOURNEY times between the south-east and Dublin are to be cut by almost an hour within the next two years, with work getting underway yesterday on the new N9 Carlow bypass.

Transport Minister Martin Cullen was digging deep again yesterday, turning the sod at Johnstown, Co Carlow, on the new scheme.

“Inside the next three and a half years, we will build 110km of new road from Waterford to Dublin, transforming the lives of people who have been taking this journey for years,” he said.