York Street Interchange

The Westlink, M2 and M3 motorways, which are key sections of the Strategic Road Network, are presently connected through a complex arrangement of traffic signals at York Street.  With the recent improvements to the M1/Westlink and M2 motorways traffic is now being delivered more quickly to this junction and it will come under increased pressure to deal with traffic.  In preparation for this, Roads Service has developed preliminary proposals to provide a grade-separated junction at York Street that would provide direct links between Westlink and the M2 and M3 motorways and greatly improve access between these roads.  

Plans to improve the York Street junction with Westlink are included in Department’s Investment Delivery Plan for Roads.  This envisages the works being delivered between 2013/14 and 2017/18. As part of the ongoing scheme development process Roads Service has prepared a Preliminary Options Report (See the Useful Documents section on this page) that assesses 6 preliminary options for improving the York Street Junction with Westlink and recommends that 4 options are taken forward for more detailed assessment in the Preferred Options Report.  Construction of the referred option will be dependent upon the successful completion of the necessary statutory procedures, a detailed economic appraisal and the availability of funding through the normal budgetary process.