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14/08/2001
Work begins on £8m Newtownstewart bypass
Construction work on the £8 million Newtownstewart bypass got underway on Wednesday 14 August when Regional Development Minister Gregory Campbell cut the first sod.
Work on the on the 2.6 kilometre single carriageway A5 bypass scheme is expected to take around 18 months to complete.
Mr Campbell said: "This scheme will have significant benefits not only for the people of Newtownstewart but for all users of this important route. In particular, the bypass will lead to considerable improvements in journey times for passing traffic and at the same time reduce the environmental disturbance in the village.”
The Minister, who thanked the local community and the landowners for their co-operation during the preliminary stages of the scheme, said that the Roads Service would be providing information on traffic diversions and road closures as work on the bypass progressed.
Mr Campbell said that the bypass on the A5 Londonderry to Ballygawley Road would improve a key strategic route in the North West.
The bypass, for the most part following a disused railway line, will extend in a large arc to the north of Newtownstewart, leaving the A5 to the south of its junction with the B164 Deerpark Road and rejoining the A5 south of the severe bend at Major’s Wall.
Requiring major civil engineering work the bypass entails the construction of two bridges spanning the Strule River.
The contract for the ‘design and build’ project was awarded to Whitemountain Quarries in July this year. (SP)
Work on the on the 2.6 kilometre single carriageway A5 bypass scheme is expected to take around 18 months to complete.
Mr Campbell said: "This scheme will have significant benefits not only for the people of Newtownstewart but for all users of this important route. In particular, the bypass will lead to considerable improvements in journey times for passing traffic and at the same time reduce the environmental disturbance in the village.”
The Minister, who thanked the local community and the landowners for their co-operation during the preliminary stages of the scheme, said that the Roads Service would be providing information on traffic diversions and road closures as work on the bypass progressed.
Mr Campbell said that the bypass on the A5 Londonderry to Ballygawley Road would improve a key strategic route in the North West.
The bypass, for the most part following a disused railway line, will extend in a large arc to the north of Newtownstewart, leaving the A5 to the south of its junction with the B164 Deerpark Road and rejoining the A5 south of the severe bend at Major’s Wall.
Requiring major civil engineering work the bypass entails the construction of two bridges spanning the Strule River.
The contract for the ‘design and build’ project was awarded to Whitemountain Quarries in July this year. (SP)
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