Details of new road tunnel at Glen of the Downs released Consultants looking at ‘complex solutions’ due to environmental sensitivity
about 3 hours ago
Details of a new tunnel bypassing the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow have been released showing a 2km route under the western side of the Glen.
The new Purple Route would see traffic between Dublin and Wexford divert into the tunnel under some 20 local houses. The route corridor also passes below the Norman Downs village and fair green, the 15th-century St Mary’s Church, and a ninth-century ring fort overlooking the Glen itself.
At the northern end of the Glen the tunnel would emerge north of the local Red Lane, where it would rejoin the existing M11/N11.