Latest Road Closures/AffectedRoads from Clare County Council

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ROAD CLOSURES IN ENNIS:
–        Girroga Lake has burst its bank and has flooded Gort Road Industrial Estate – Road is not     passable and will be closed until further notice
–       Newbridge Road, Ennis closed – accessible onto Lifford on to Kelly’s
Corner only
–       Kildysart Road Junction
–       Lees Road Amenity Park to Drumcliffe
–       Norry Henchys Pub on Tulla Road to Lynchs Cross on Quin Road
–       Watery Road
–       Bog Road – Killow Junction to Doora Church Bypass M18
Drehidnagower Road from N85 (Fountain) to Drumcliffe Road to Old N18 at
Shiels
–       N85 Lahinch Road, Ennis – West of Maid of Erin Motorists are asked
to use Mill Road and Cloughleigh Road
–       Harmony Row, intermittently impassable (avoid if possible)

ENNIS DISTRICT:
–       Bushypark to Inch Bridge is flooded and will be closed until further
notice
–       Quin Road to Clare Inn, lot of surface water at the bridge, Council
notified, unpassable – traffic ignoring road signs still driving through
water
–       Ard Aoibhinn, Limerick Road, water has subsided no water on the road
–       Honeywell and Dun na Ri are accessible from Limerick Road
–       Abbey Street is fully accessible
–       Tubber Road, Corofin – passable exercise caution
–       Druimmin, on Kilrush Road – traffic free flowing on both direction –
small amount of surface water on road
–       Tobertaiscean – Road closed large flood and road unstable at the bad
bend
–       Clonroad, Mangan’s to Suttons – both lanes open and passable
–       Castlefergus, Quin – bad but passable – exercise caution
–       Spancil Hill to Quin bad but passable in high vehicles – exercise
caution
–       Tulla to Ennis large flood at Spancil Hill cross but passable
–       Ennis to Corofin passable by detour after Toonagh.
–       Glassan Estate, and Claureen Drive, Drumcliff Road is still flooded
but passable to traffic particularly high axle vehicles
–       Elm Park housing estate – flooded but traffic ignoring signs and
travelling and taking their chances
–       Bridge at Bank Place now open to vehicle traffic and pedestrians
–       Lissane Cross to Claremount Road passable – caution advised
–       Tulla Road is open and fine
–       Ennis to Ruan is open
–       Abbeyville, Limerick Road – Flooding subsided and passable
–       Tree removed from road at Clarecastle bridge and traffic is moving
again.  Tree also removed from Road at Spancil hill

KILLALOE DISTRICT:
–       Main Killaloe to Scarriff road R463 a lot of surface water in
patches – Passable but use caution
–       Scarriff to Bodyke road R352 also patches of surface water
–       Broadford to Sixmilebridge L3080 not passable by any vehicles.  Doon
Lake is out on the road.  Diversions are in place and are signposted.  Take
O’Callaghan’s Mills road
–       Broadford to Tulla R466 not passable Road blocked off Detour in
place.  Take R465 through Bodyke to get onto Tulla Road
–       River at O’Briensbridge very high, under observation.
–       Water across the road at Garynahinch, Ballina (the R494 Ballina to
Birdhill Rd.)
–       Water rising at canal bank Killaloe to Scariff Rd the R463

SHANNON DISTRICT:
There are currently no problems in relation to road conditions or floods in
the Shannon Sub district

QUIN SUB DISTRICT:
–       Old Road from Quin to Tulla flooded and unpassable, Council
notified, traffic still driving through floods
–       Quin Road at Gurteen Astroturf soccer pitch is flooded, single lane
traffic only

NEWMARKET ON FERGUS:
–       Fallen tree cleared at Carrowmeer, Ballycar Road

ENNISTYMON DISTRICT:
–       Ennistymon to Corofin closed at Ra church.  No diversion in place.
–       Ennis to Corofin is flooded and closed at Tierney’s Garage,
Diversions in place.
–       Corofin to Gort is closed at Loughbonny
–       Kinvara to Tubber closed at Loughbonny
–       Ruan to Ryan’s quarry is closed
–       Carron to Gort is closed
–       Flooded at Toonagh. Passable with caution
–       Ballyvaughan to Kinvara is closed at Bellharbour
–       Tubber to Crusheen open
–       Corofin to Kilfenora is open
–       Very dangerous  driving conditions reported at Kilnamona due to
surface water, passable
–       Corofin to Ruan road flooded but passable

KILRUSH DISTRICT:
–       All roads are clear of flooding