About the Project
The A5 Western Transport Corridor is one of five key transport corridor upgrades identified in the Regional Transportation Strategy (RTS) for Northern Ireland and represents a significant link in longer-term plans to improve connections between Dublin, the City of Derry and Donegal.
Last summer the Irish Government announced its intention to make available £400m to help fund major roads programmes in Northern Ireland. The funding will contribute towards provision of dual carriageway on the A5 Western Corridor between Derry and Aughnacloy and on the Eastern Corridor between Belfast and Larne.
The Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed its acceptance, in principle, to taking forward these two projects and Roads Service has appointed consulting and business provider Mouchel as their advisor on the A5 Western Transport Corridor (WTC) study.
Mouchel have just begun a route corridor study for the stretch of the A5 between Derry and Aughnacloy. A number of public exhibitions are being held to explain the objectives of the scheme and to obtain public opinion. Feedback from these consultations will be considered, along with the assessment of environmental, safety, economic, accessibility and integration issues. To further enhance the public’s opportunity for comment please fill out the Questionnaire on the website.
A constraints assessment will be carried out to provide information on the impacts that the A5 road improvements may have. Teams of specialists are now out and about in the towns and countryside recording significant information and making informed assessments.
Andy Campbell, Mouchel project director, comments: ‘The A5 Western Transport Corridor is the largest road project ever to be undertaken in Northern Ireland and we are delighted to be working alongside the Roads Service on this exciting scheme. Building relationships with local communities is at the heart of Mouchel’s values, and we are looking forward meeting the residents along this corridor.’
Conor Loughrey, project sponsor, says, ‘Roads Service is committed to improving the physical infrastructure within Northern Ireland. This project will generate much wider social and economic benefits for the region as well as improving journey times and road safety for motorists. We are confident that it will have a substantial, positive impact on the region.’
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