N24 at Tower Road Junction :. Barry Transportation

In the summer of 1999 our first appointments were for the M3 Navan to Dunshaughlin and the N52 Mullingar to Belvedere schemes. A year later, we consolidated our partnership and formed an incorporated company, Halcrow Barry Limited, in August 2000.

We have over the last 18 years developed organically a large team of well qualified, very experienced and competent Engineers and Project Managers, located regionally in our offices in Castlebar, Dublin and Cork.

From the 1st of March 2018 the company formerly known as Halcrow Barry and latterly CH2M Barry is now Barry Transportation. Our teams working with you on current schemes will remain the same, we are committed to maintaining the excellent level of service on all existing projects and look forward to applying our capacity developed over the past two decades to the challenging future development of the country’s infrastructure.

Project Details

Client: Kilkenny County Council
Location: N24/ Tower Road Junction, Piltown Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Value: N/A

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Project Description

Though the TII Road Safety Framework for Consultancy Services, Barry Transportation were appointed by Kilkenny County Council to identify low cost safety measures on the N24 at the Tower Road junction due to a collision rate over twice the national average in the vicinity of the junction. This report was prepared in accordance with TII’s GE-STY-01022 (HD 15) ‘Network Safety Ranking’.

The methodology undertaken in preparing this report comprised collating and assessing collision data, undertaking speed and traffic count turning surveys, identification of factors which could explain how the various road users failed to appreciate the road layout and conditions ahead immediately prior to collisions and identification of factors, if any, common to collisions.

A site visit was then undertaken to examine and assess the existing road conditions. Members of An Garda Síochána and Kilkenny County Council were also consulted on site to ascertain any other relevant information. Collision problems for the site were then defined and an assessment of the existing low cost road safety layout was undertaken. Possible treatment measures were identified and a number of treatment measures were recommended.