Pictured (L-R): Meath County Council Chief Executive Kieran Kehoe, ROD's Iwona Formanowska and Daire Ó Riagáin, Cathaoirleach Cllr Wayne Harding and AECOM's Eoin Greene.
Roughan & O'Donovan-AECOM Aliance has this week signed contracts with Meath County Council to provide detailed design, tender, construction and handover stage consulting engineering services for the N52 Grange to Clontail Road scheme.
The N52 is recognised as a key National Secondary Route, connecting the northeast to the southwest and serving major towns including Dundalk, Ardee, Kells, Mullingar, Tullamore, Birr and Nenagh. It is the key link between the M1/N1 near Dundalk and the M7 at Nenagh, intersecting several major roads, including the N2, M3, N4, M6, N80 and N65.
Commenting at the contract signing, ROD Director Daire Ó Riagáin said: “We are delighted to be working with Meath County Council on the delivery of the N52 realignment scheme, which will not only improve regional connectivity and road safety but bring lasting benefits to local communities - reducing travel times, supporting economic growth, and enhancing access for pedestrians and cyclists.”
The proposed scheme involves the design and construction of a 4.8km Type 2 single carriageway between Grange and Clontail. The road will feature a 7.0m wide carriageway with a 0.5m hard strip on each side, flanked by grass verges. A shared pedestrian / cycle path will run along the southern verge, providing a connection from the Boyne Valley to Lakelands County Greenway near the southern end of the scheme. In addition to the main road infrastructure works, the scheme includes accommodation works, fencing, landscaping, surface water drainage and attenuation systems, as well as other associated ancillary infrastructure.
The scheme will improve road safety by upgrading the road alignment and junctions to meet current design standards, reducing the number of private accesses, lowering collision risk and providing safer conditions for all road users, especially pedestrians and cyclists.
