Northern Ireland’s roads minister, Conor Murphy, has revealed the preferred route for the country’s biggest-ever road scheme.
The A5 western transport corridor will start at Derry and pass Strabane, Newtownstewart and Omagh, before ending at Aughnacloy.
The proposed, 86-kilometre-long dual carriageway – which is estimated to cost between £650M and £850M – is one of five key transport corridors identified in the regional transportation strategy for the north of Ireland. Murphy described the improvement scheme as a significant step in improving connections between Dublin, Derry and Donegal.
‘In environmental terms, the towns and villages along the route of the existing A5 will benefit greatly from this project.
‘The new dual carriageway will attract most of the long-distance traffic, particularly heavy goods vehicles, away from the existing A5,’ he said.
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