ABOUT THIS SITE

This site is a personal project only. It does not represent government or industry, and I have tried to make it as impartial as possible. It came about because I was not satisfied that information on Ireland's developing road network was centralised enough, and I wanted more control over content, which wasn't possible with Wiki.

I can be contacted at j_p_dowling.at.yahoo.dot.com. Remember to remove the dots!

Information is sourced from the following:

http://www.nra.ie - National Roads Authority.
The Government agency tasked with devising a network of trunk routes and implementing them to a high standard.

http://www.transport.ie - Department of Transport.
Sets transportation priorities on a national level. Responsible for policy and legislative change, e.g. motorway redesignation, metrication of speed limits.

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads - Northern Ireland Roads Site.
Information on schemes happening in Northern Ireland. Many of these cross the border into the Republic and are therefore of national importance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki - Wikipedia.
Editable encyclopedia has a good page on roads in Ireland as well as well-maintained individual pages (examples 1, 2, 3).

http://www.boards.ie - Boards.ie.
The Roads forum under Infrastructure, although not an offical information source, is a good source of opening dates and other live information.


In addition, the following excellent British road sites provided much inspiration.

http://pathetic.org.uk - Pathetic Motorways.
http://www.cbrd.co.uk - Chris's British Road Directory.
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk - Society of All-British Road Enthusiasts. They have a particularly meaty forum.