Skeoge Link Dual Carriageway, Londonderry

Skeoge Link Dual Carriageway (184kb) is part of the North Western Key Transport Corridor connecting Belfast to Londonderry and on to Donegal. Its construction:

• completes the strategic route from Foyle Bridge through to Buncrana Road and on to Donegal
• removes strategic traffic which previously travelled through the mainly residential Glengalliagh Road
• unlocks further housing and industrial development in the area.

Skeoge Link begins at ‘The Skeoge Roundabout’ on the Buncrana Road, rises on embankment to cross over the Skeoge River and crosses the Upper Galliagh Road in shallow cutting. It continues north east alongside the electricity transmission line before curving east in cutting to cross over the Lower Galliagh Road to connect to the existing Skeoge Road west of Ballyarnett Roundabout. It includes developer funded roundabouts to connect to adjacent housing lands. Planning Approval for the road was granted in July 2006 and the land required to build the road was acquired by compulsory purchase.

2000 Single carriageway Proposal (Not built)

Roads Service held an exhibition during May 2000 the Tempemore Sports Complex to announce plans to construct a single carriageway Skeoge Link Road, with sufficient land acquired to allow for future widening to dual carriageway standard. This plan was frustrated by administrative difficulties. Click here to view May 2000 exhibition brochure (780kb) .

Exhibition panels (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

Existing road photographs (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

2007 Dual Carriageway Proposal (Built)

Administrative difficulties encountered earlier were finally resolved allowing Roads Service to construct the Skeoge Link Dual Carriageway (184kb).

Constructing Skeoge River Culvert (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

Constructing the Dual Carriageway (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

The completed Dual Carriageway (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)