Regional Development Minister, Danny Kenny has announced that work on (A32) Cherrymount Link Road will begin on 26 September and should be completed by Spring 2013.
The Minister has called the long awaited development a "worthwhile scheme".
He said: "On completion, the scheme will provide a new strategic link to the east of the town and will therefore help relieve traffic congestion in the town, reduce delays and driver frustration, and improve road safety.
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"Construction of the new link road is also timely in that it will also improve access to and from the new South West Acute Hospital in the town, currently under construction."
A £5.46million contract for construction of the new link road has been awarded to a joint venture between PT McWilliams and McLaughlin & Harvey.
The scheme comprises of two kilometres of proposed new trunk road, connecting the existing Cherrymount roundabout on the A32 on the north of the town, to the B80 Tempo Road, on the southeast of the town.
The first 600 metres leading from Cherrymount roundabout utilises the existing carriageway, with local widening being carried out over this stretch.
The remaining 1,400 metres provides a new link to the existing Tempo Road adjacent to Burrendale with new roundabouts at its junction with Lawnakilla Way and Lower Chanterhill/Coa Roads.
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