Toome bypass

Dungiven is an important part of the North Western Transport Corridor, connecting Belfast and the North West via Toome , Maghera and Dungiven. The main Belfast to Londonderry road begins as the Mmotorway which then becomes the Mas far as Randalstown. However the roads on each side are still single-carriageway.

The purpose of this scheme is to dual approximately 12km of the . The project is set to last four years and will cost £1million.

There is no legal challenge to this section of the scheme.

AToome Castloedawson location on North West Transport Corridor.

The existing single carriageway, Hillhead Road between The Creagh and the western end of the Castledawson Bypass , would be retained to provide local access to The Creagh and the surrounding area. DfI Roads has carried out extensive research . The work, which is due to commence at 8. Four years of roadworks are to begin on the main road between Belfast and Londonderry road this autumn. Afrom Randalstown in County Antrim and Castledawson in County Londonderry, either side of the Toome bypass. Upgrading the stretches of road to . A flyover the ongoing construction of the new ADualling scheme flying west from the end of the current Mto the Drumderg roundabout just outside Toome.

This will be in two sections: 7. The Minister said: “The appointment of this team is an important next step in the delivery of this scheme. Toome Bypass to the Castledawson roundabout . The Moneynick Road east of Toome is the lowest-standard of road between Belfast and Derry. There has been enormous political pressure over many years from the North . Turn left at the next roundabout onto the Roguery Road and continue until this road joins with Main Street leading you back to the starting point.

Chris Murphy had gone to court to contest the route of the Adual carriageway at Toomebridge. A section of the £160m new road skirts Lough Beg. The judge found the appropriate assessments had . He said the department for infrastructure had tried to circumvent the strict procedures in such cases.

Department officials had been tol he sai but had ploughed on recklessly. The environmentalist issued proceedings after the upgrade was given the . It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is part of Antrim borough council. The transcript of the public inquiry that Mr Johnston mentions makes reference to hectares (4 acres) of important habitat lost in the construction of the Toome bypass. The department has since forgotten that it agreed to make good this loss to wildlife through compensatory measures. The ACastledawson Bypass is one . Site yards have appeared and portable buildings painted in Graham (the contractor) colours can be seen both between Randalstown and Toome and on the Castledawson Bypass.

The Toome bypass reduces congestion, pollution and noise of the 20vehicles that pass through the village everyday on the Afrom Belfast to Londonderry. The new road redirects traffic away .