A CALL has gone out for a new area of entrance and exit at the busy Crescent Shopping Centre in Dooradoyle.
Such a facility, in the form of a junction, would be hoped to ease traffic congestion and provide easier access to the popular shopping centre.
Fianna Fáil councillor Fergus Kilcoyne, representing Limerick City West, has called on Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), the Mid West Road Design Office, and Limerick City and County Council to engage with the owners of the Crescent Shopping Centre around the possibility of providing an additional junction in the area.
Kilcoyne wants to see the possibility of an extra entrance and exit from the Crescent Shopping Centre in Dooradoyle, parallel to the railway line and connected to the N18 Motorway Section explored, so as to alleviate congestion on the Dooradoyle Road.
In response to Cllr Kilcoyne’s call, the Mid West National Road Design Office explained that the provision of such an additional junction at the location suggested would be a matter for the Crescent Shopping Centre to propose, as it would be a dedicated access to a private development.
“Any such junction would need to be cognisant of the spatial planning and national roads, relevant local and national policies, and not impact on the capacity and safety of the existing national road infrastructure,” said Senior Engineer Tim Fitzgerald.
He further noted that “this section of the national road network also forms part of the Limerick Tunnel PPP concession contract”.
