Limerick traffic management works timeline takes shape in Abbeyfeale
The limerick traffic management works plan for Abbeyfeale has moved into a clearer phase, with a senior council official setting out the sequence for delivery. Patricia Liddy, Director of Services for Transportation, Mobility and Public Realm, said the plan is now split into stages after a question from councillor Liam Galvin at the April meeting of the Newcastle West Municipal District. The outline includes advance works completed in 2024, new construction on Grove Crescent Car Park Link, and later phases tied to water mains replacement and the N21.
Abbeyfeale plan moves through staged delivery
Ms Liddy said the advance works began in 2024, when the demolition of O’Riordan’s Bar and a residential building at Colbert Terrace was completed. The next phase is the construction of the Grove Crescent Car Park Link, with a contractor appointed for that part of the project.
Construction was due to begin last month, and the reply says the work is estimated to take four months. The same update says the upgraded water mains at Killarney Road, Main Street and Colbert Terrace are scheduled for later this year, with Uisce Éireann set to carry out that work over around three months and fund it directly.
limerick project timeline extends into 2026 and 2027
The timeline then moves to the N21 Killarney Road phase. After a tender process, those works are expected to begin in the second half of 2026. Ms Liddy said the council wants that phase completed before the Ryder Cup in Adare in September 2027.
After that, works on the N21 Main Street and Colbert Terrace are scheduled to begin after the Ryder Cup. The local authority is working with consultants Malachy Walsh and Partners to finalise a value engineering exercise for the Killarney Road phase, with the aim of keeping the project within budget.
Funding, design checks, and public notice ahead
Ms Liddy said that once the phase has been redesigned and a cost estimate completed, the council will engage with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to confirm funding before tender. She also said traffic calming proposals are expected to be published in May under Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1994, to inform the public of the planned measures.
For residents and road users in Abbeyfeale, the latest limerick update shows a project that is being broken into smaller stages rather than handled all at once. The next visible step is the May publication of traffic calming proposals, followed by the scheduled sequence of road and utility works.
What happens next in Abbeyfeale
The immediate focus now is on the car park link, the water mains replacement, and the release of the traffic calming proposals in May. After that, the project is set to move toward the Killarney Road phase in the second half of 2026, with the longer-term schedule still tied to funding checks and the Ryder Cup deadline in September 2027.
