Route Map:The construction of the €217m New Ross Bypass will not come at a price for local motorists, according to Minister of State Paul Kehoe.
A consortium of Dutch-firm BAM PPP, PGGM and Iridium has been chosen as preferred tender for the project, with work due to begin in mid-2015.
Over 300 men will be employed working on the 13.6km of dual carriageway (N25 and N30 routes) - and 1.2km of single carriageway - New Ross N30 route, and on the new bridge at Pink Rock which will be the biggest in Ireland.
The construction work will be undertaken by a BAM Civil and Dragados joint venture, with hopes that some local contracting firms will be employed throughout the two to three year construction period.
The road will bypass the town of New Ross on the N25 route and link the N25 with the N30 New Ross to Enniscorthy road.
Minister Kehoe said the bypass will remove a major bottleneck on the N25 route for traffic coming from Cork and Wexford.
The National Roads Authority has indicated its intention to use the European Investment Bank's Project Bond Credit Enhancement product as the financing scheme that BAM Iridium will use for the project.
BAM PPP is an operating company of Royal BAM Group, and is responsible for Royal BAM Group's involvement in the public-private partnership (PPP) market. PGGM is a co-operative Dutch pension fund service provider.
The work will involve a bridge over the River Barrow, a railway bridge at Glenmore, dual and single carriageway stretches of road and three roundabouts.
'It's one of the biggest single infrastructure projects ever undertaken in County Wexford. The Enniscorthy bypass is expected to have a preferred tender in place by early 2015, with construction to begin by the end of next year,' Minister Kehoe said adding that once the bypass is completed it will make a world of difference to commuters travelling from New Ross to Waterford and back every day
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Does anyone know when are they going to sign contracts?
Does it include a design stage (like M17/M18) or is it going straight into construction phase?
Nothing more about the bridge? Any drawings or renders available, or is it still secret?