Contract for Gort to Tuam motorway to be signed this week
Galway Bay fm newsroom - The contract for the new M17/M18 motorway between Gort and Tuam will be signed this week.Minister of State and Galway East TD Ciaran Cannon has confirmed that negotiations are complete, and the contract signing signals the beginning of what he calls a 'vital project.
'Direct Route, the contracting consortium for the new motorway, includes three Irish companies- Roadbridge, John Sisk, and Lagan Construction. The Department of Public Expenditure made a commitment of 20 million euro last year as an initial deposit to get negotiations underway. Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has confirmed that there will be no tolls on the route, which will take up to three years to complete and should open to traffic in 2017. Minister Cannon says the Public Private Partnership project will make the West an even more attractive location for investment and job creation.