Description: N3 Bypass of Virginia Town
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The M3 Motorway and N3 national primary route form a strategic radial corridor linking Dublin with Cavan and onward to Enniskillen and beyond to Sligo and Letterkenny. Virginia is the last remaining town on the N3 national route from Dublin to the NI Border which has not been bypassed.
Virginia town and its environs experiences a level of both local and through traffic using the N3 that is contributing to congestion within the town centre, which is compounded by the relatively large number of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) passing through the town and making deliveries within the town. This has contributed to poor safety and environment for non-motorised users, in particular vulnerable road users (VRUs). VRU safety and environment has been deteriorating within Virginia town centre and its en
Barry Transportation as Technical Advisors to Cavan County Council, in partnership with Meath County Council and in association with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), are progressing with the development of a scheme for the improvement of the N3 national primary route within a study area commencing from the existing N3 dual carriageway north of Kells in Co. Meath, and extending to the existing N3 north of Virginia Town in Co. Cavan.