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| Dublin-Belfast motorway inaugurated Ireland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, and the Northern Ireland Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, inaugurated the A1/N1 Newry-Dundalk motorway linking the two countries. The cross-border road, built by a consortium comprising Ferrovial-Agromán and Irish company SIAC Construction, halves the journey time between Dublin and Belfast. The motorway is 15 kilometres long: 5 km in the UK and 10 km in the Republic of Ireland. Additionally, 6 kilometres of secondary roads were built, along with 14 structures and 3 interchanges. The contract amounted to nearly 100 million euro and was executed in euro and sterling under a "target costing" system. The motorway inauguration is five months ahead of schedule. The A1/N1 Newry-Dundalk link road is the second motorway to be built in Ireland by Ferrovial; it also built the Eurolink N4-N6 Kinnegad-Kilcock road, which was inaugurated in December 2005. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |