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Emergency works were carried out at Ballytigue Lower, Bruree I PICTURE: Adrian Butler
A BUSY stretch of road that links south and west Limerick has reopened ahead of schedule following emergency repairs by the council.
Emergency works have been taking place on the R518 (Bruff Line) at Ballytigue Lower, located a couple of miles west of O'Rourke's Cross on the main road Newcastle West, for the last month.
Prior to that, Limerick City and County Council had temporary traffic management arrangements in place since September.
A spokesperson for the council said a flash flood occurred at the location which caused the collapse of an existing retaining wall which ran parallel to the R518.
"Given the importance of this road, Limerick City and County Council immediately created a stop go system to move traffic away from the road edge and to avoid further damage of the R518.
"Upon further review it was noted that the culvert under the R518 was damaged and required replacement and that a parallel culvert was blocked. The southern side of the R518 was also shown to have a number of issues including some scouring at the base of the culvert," said the spokesperson.
Following a review with the consulting engineers carrying out the inspections the decision was made to carry out permanent works to remedy the situation and future proof the crossing.
These works included replacement of the existing culvert, including compliance with OPW and fishery requirements; installation of a rock armour revetment to protect the R518; stream diversion to move the stream further away from the R518; enhance the structural stability of the R518 and install headwalls at the culvert.
Associated drainage and accommodation works were carried out, as well as planting of the exposed areas for spring 2023 as part of the project.
"This scheme was completed a week ahead of schedule," said the council spokesperson, who wished to thank the Department of Transport for approving the funding for the urgent repairs under their bridge rehabilitation grant scheme.
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