Anger over bypass left ‘unfinished’ and ‘unsafe’

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has begun installing emergency telephones on the M18 Ennis bypass, over a year after the route was upgraded to motorway status, however it has been claimed that the route remains unfinished and unsafe.

The controversial redesignation of the bypass in August last year has also led to claims that two particular interchanges are “confusing, badly designed and badly laid out”.

Clare councillor Johnny Flynn (FG), a civil engineer and former chief fire officer for Co Limerick, believes a safety audit of the N18, which the NRA claims was undertaken before the route was upgraded to motorway, was not adequate and that the motorway remains “unfinished”.