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niroads.bsky.social
Interested in the history and development of the Northern Ireland road network, as well as planned road developments. Sometimes tweet about Ukraine. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads
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No decision on what it’s to be spent on but it does look better than feared. Perhaps more for structural maintenance than hitherto.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

So @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk is now on Bluesky! Welcome!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Another unloved roadsign.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Very odd speed signage on Westlink today.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Ongoing progress of the wider Weaver’s Cross development around Belfast Grand Central Station. Very interesting to see the uncovered Blackstaff River which rarely sees the light of day here!

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Northern Ireland Roads Site updated: Belfast Rapid Transit (Glider) Phase 2; Bankmore Link: www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

1967, NI govt announces construction of an elevated, 3-lane motorway encircling Belfast City Centre. 10 years later the plan was dead. 'The Belfast Urban Motorway' tells the story of the most ambitious plan never to be built, combining engineering, ambition & social conflict. @niroads.bsky.social

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Residents had voiced concerns that coastal erosion was edging rising tides closer to the carriageway.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

@niroads.bsky.social the prep work is well and truly started for the Omagh bypass. Miles of barbed wire & thousands of posts are being installed. The outline of the route can now be seen at existing road intersections.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Northern Ireland Roads Site updated: A5 dualling #Strabane-#Omagh-#Ballygawley; Narrow Water Bridge #Warrenpoint; #Newry Southern Relief Road; Pond Park Road realignment #Lisburn; A1 junctions Phase 2: www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Before and After. Shore Road, Greenisland - first shot taken by me in 2004, second shot same view on Streetview in 2022, following the dual-carriageway upgrade.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Ten years ago today - the A8 #Ballynure Bypass, Co Antrim opened to traffic. It was part of the larger A8 dualling scheme towards #Larne. www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads/a8cole...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

22 January marked the 30th anniversary of the opening of Lagan Bridge #Belfast which carries the M3 motorway.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Taking a pause from social media and my web site due to a family bereavement.

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

x.com/niplanner/st... Pics of Boyne Bridge demolition, Belfast.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

New blog post – Congestion in Belfast – Part 3 – Congestion on Rural Roads: wesleyjohnston.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/c...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Belfast’s congestion problems are not based on growing car usage in the city, a Belfast Telegraph analysis has found, and there have been significant decreases in traffic on most major routes over recent years.

submitted 56 days ago • 6 comments

Demolition work around the Boyne Bridge, which has been taking place as part of the Grand Central Station project, has been halted over a reported planning issue.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Northern Ireland Roads Site updated: #Newry Southern Relief Road; Narrow Water Bridge #Warrenpoint #Omeath: www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Scottish Roads Archive have arrived here!

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

There have been roads closed, vehicles stuck, and warnings of “treacherous” conditions this evening as snow has fallen across parts of Northern Ireland. Follow our live blog for updates ❄️👇

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Interesting story about an upgrade in Wales.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

From DFI on X: Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has outlined the next steps in the development of the Newry Southern Relief Road Scheme and confirmed an Exhibition Day will be held on Tuesday 21 January 2025. More details: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/odowd-a...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Northern Ireland Roads Site updated: A5 dualling #Derry-#Aughnacloy via #Omagh and #Strabane; Narrow Water Bridge #Warrenpoint; N13 Bridgend upgrade, #Donegal; Network map updated to 2025: www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Congestion in Belfast - Part 2 - Engineering Solutions: Blog: wesleyjohnston.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/c...

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Congestion in Belfast - Part 2 - Engineering Solutions: Blog: wesleyjohnston.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/c...

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is the 7th person to be killed on NI's roads in the past ten days. Please take care out there.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment