Hi,
I passed Junction 6 on the M8 yesterday and saw the slip roads were closed for resurfacing works.
See Tipperary CoCo notification: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/roads-and-transport/roads-and-transport/roads-and-transport-latest-news/2024/decision-close
The notification only refers to night time closures at Junction 6 but the off ramp from southbound carriageway was closed yesterday. Can’t provide any further info though.
Thanks, Shane
From the linked notification:
ROAD TO BE CLOSED:
M8 Junction 6 at Horse and Jockey to be closed at nightly on the 20th, 21st , 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 27th of May and re-opened during the days.
M8 Junction 5 at Two-Mile-Borris to be closed daily on the 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st of May during days and re-opened for the nights.
PERIOD OF CLOSURE:
Junction 6 Horse and Jockey – From 20.00hrs to 06.00hrs on the 21st,22nd,23rd,24th & 27th of May 2024
Junction 5 Two-Mile-Borris –08.00hrs to 18.00hrs on the 27th,28th,29th, 30th & 31st of May 2024
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES:
Junction 6: The N62 traffic through Junction 6 diverted via L4106 and the M8 mainline traffic diverted through Junction 5 Southbound via Two-Mile-Borris back to the R639 and Junction 7 on the R639 in the Northbound direction.
Junction 5: M8 mainline traffic Southbound diverted to Junction 6 and traffic joining the M8 Northbound diverted through Two-Mile-Borris onto the R639, then to Junction 4.
REASON FOR CLOSURE:
Resurfacing Works
Hey Shane, thanks for the heads-up!
I’m having a hard time understanding which segments/sections are indeed closed. Is it all on/off ramps? Is it also the main highway, is it in both directions? Maybe you can make better sense of it than myself :?