Broadband is Definitely on the Way
I just received the following from Eircom's head of communications, regarding comments on the
previous post.
Dear Fred,
The good news is that Julianstown is on the list we announced last week. No further details are available this time as to when the work will be completed. The schedules have not been finalised, however it is unlikely that it will be before spring.
I can't explain why the agent said that it was not on the list. However, usually agents are briefed only to confirm locations and sites that have been broadband enabled and are operational.
Kind Regards,
Paul
Paul Bradley
Head of Communications
eircom
Traffic Volume Continues to Rise but less HGVs
A mixture of good and bad news on the traffic front. Over all traffic volumes are still rising at almost 3% per year, but it appears that HGV volumes are falling. The
latest NRA figures show slight increases in total volume compared to last year. But the good news is that HGV volumes are on average down to 1000/day. Overall traffic volumes are still in the 21,000-22,000 region. 1000 a day is still a lot, but at least the trend is down.
Factors which may have influenced this, well there has been a slow down in new house completion in the area, so presumably the population has increased at a slower rate than in recent years. However this appears to be a temporary blip as local authorities are predicitng a doubling of the greater Drogheda area population.
The Drogheda port also lost a major contract from Norfolk and Geest which significantly contributed to HGV volume to the port. That and the chronic Drogheda traffic might explain the drop in truck volume.
This chart has more details. You can see the big drop after the M1 opened and steady rise since then
DSL Broadband for Julianstown in 2007
Press release from Eircom. Says 100 more exchanges to be enabled in 2007.
This
Blogger says Julianstown is one of them.
Julianstown Badminton Club
The local badminton club has posted some information on Julianstown.Com
Check out
http://www.julianstown.com/badminton.htm and add this to your bookmarks.
Fermoy bypassed
Martin Cullen
opens the Fermoy bypass. Isn't he great! Says it will take 17,000 cars out of Fermoy, Watergrasshill and Rathcormac. According to
NRA, that's almost
all the traffic. He should come up here to Julianstown, we've got
22,000 vehicles per day to dispose off.
You know they started bypassing the towns on the road to Cork 20 years ago, and after each bypass opened the traffic just got worse further along. Naas-Newbridge-Kildare-Monastrevin-Abbeyleix-
Durrow-Urlingford-Johnstown-Mitchelstown-Rathcormac-
Fermoy-Watergrasshill. If they'd just built a road from Dublin to Cork it would have taken 2-5 years and cost 10 times less, and we'd have it now.
What gives.
