M6 MOTORWAY TO OPEN IN CITY IN TWO WEEKS

Date Published: 04-Dec-2009

The M6 motorway will officially open at the Galway clinic in two weeks time.(18/12)

The route will bring motorists from the Galway Clinic in Doughiska to Heuston station in Dublin, in around two hours.

In July a 19km section between Athlone and Ballinasloe was opened.

It's understood that by 2010 the motorway will have replaced almost all of the single carriageway N6.

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey made the announcement this week.