New or Future Road Schemes

To help you find schemes in your area a indicates Greater Belfast and Lisburn, a for counties Armagh & Down, a for counties Tyrone & Fermanagh and a for counties Londonderry & Antrim. If you know of work taking place on local road schemes, please let me know. This icon indicates pages which have a strip map illustrating the junctions on the new road.

Completed Schemes are listed here.


Currently Under Construction
A6 dualling - M22 to Castledawson Updated 20 Dec
Newtownards Movilla Road to Donaghadee Road and Bangor Road Link .
A6 dualling - Dungiven to Londonderry Updated 10 Feb
Larne West Distributor (South) .

Schemes due to start within the next 12 months or so
M2 Templepatrick (Southbound) Service Area .
A5 dualling Newbuildings - N of Strabane (page to track construction of this stretch - expected 2020) Updated 7 Jan
A32 Omagh - Enniskillen at Cornamuck (due 2021) Updated 7 Jan
Lisburn: Pond Park Road realignment (North Lisburn Feeder Road) (expected 2020) .
Ballymena: St Patrick's Barracks Link Road (expected 2020) .


Schemes in Planning

Schemes listed here are being actively planned.
M2/M3 to A12 Westlink flyover link, York Street, Belfast (due 2022) .
A1 Junctions Phase 2 (due 2023) Updated 27 Jan
A1-A2 Newry Southern Relief Road (A1 to Warrenpoint Road) (due 2023) Updated 7 Jan
A2 Sydenham Bypass - widening (no earlier than 2025) .
A2 Sydenham Bypass - new grade-separated junction at Connsbank (unknown timescale)
A2 dualling L'Derry, Buncrana Road from Pennyburn to border (2022/23 to 2025/26) .
A2 Ballykelly Bypass (at least ten years away)
A3 Armagh north and west link (no earlier than 2025) .
A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass (due late 2021) Updated 7 Jan
A4 Enniskillen Throughpass Improvements .
A5 dualling Londonderry-Aughnacloy (page about overall A5 scheme) Updated 27 Jan
     A5 dualling S of Omagh-Ballygawley (page to track construction of this stretch - expected 2021) .
A5 Strabane to N14/N15 Lifford link road (unknown timescale) .
A24 Ballynahinch Bypass (late 2021) Updated 7 Jan
A28 Armagh East Link (no earlier than 2025) .
A29 Cookstown Bypass (no earlier than 2025) .
A32 Omagh - Enniskillen various upgrades (multiple schemes) Updated 7 Jan
A55 Outer Ring at Knock - widening (unknowntimescale)
A505 Sandholes Link Road, Cookstown (unknown timescale)
B170 Craigantlet Crossroads Upgrade (unknown timescale) .
Ballyclare Western Relief Road (unknown timescale) .
Belfast: Queen's Quay road upgrade (unknown timescale) .
Belfast: Lagan Footbridge (due mid 2021) Updated 7 Jan
Narrow Water Bridge - county Down to county Louth (unknown timescale) .
Rapid Transit Enabling Measures, Belfast (no longer relevant)


Schemes to Proceed within 10 Years

Schemes listed here are definite plans by Roads Service, but have not as yet proceeded into the formal legal, design or land acquisition phases. They are planned for implementation "within the next ten years or so".

M1 west-facing sliproads at Black's Road (junction 3)
M1 to A1 link, Sprucefield + grade separation of Hillsborough roundabout .
M2 Sandyknowes (junction 4) to A8(M) direct link
A3 dualling - Portadown to Richill
A4 Fivemiletown Bypass
A26 dualling - Ballymoney to Coleraine
A26 "2+1" upgrades Nutt's Corner to M1 junction 9 (Moira)
Belfast: Streets Ahead Enabling Measures Phase 2 .
City Centre Ring Road South, Belfast .
Newtownabbey: Mayfield Link Road Completion (Mallusk to Upper Hightown Road)


Schemes Planned by Government in the Long Term

Schemes listed here are in the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015, or referred to in other official documents, but implementation is expected to be more than ten years in the future.

M1 widening - Black's Road (junction 3) to Sprucefield (junction 7)
M2 Sandyknowes Relief Junction with new access to Mallusk and A8
A2 Greysteel Bypass
A2 Newry Southern Relief Road (A1 to Warrenpoint Road) .
A3 Northway junction improvement, Portadown
A3 Armagh southwest link (Killylea Rd to Monaghan Rd)
A4 "2+1" sections, Ballygawley to Enniskillen
A57 M2 to Belfast International Airport Link Road .
Transforming the Inner Ring, Belfast .
Blacks' Road Link: Upper Malone Road, Belfast to M1 junction 3
Carrickfergus: Victoria Road extension
Carrickfergus Spine Road and Sloefield Road extensions
Downpatrick: Irish Street Link (Irish Street to St Patrick's Avenue) .
Downpatrick Eastern Bypass .
Dundonald Eastern link road - Comber Road to Quarry Corner Link Road .
Lisburn: Knockmore Link Road (Knockmore Road to M1 junction 8) .
Londonderry: Queen's Quay widening
Saintfield Road relief road, Belfast - A55 at Belvoir to Cairnshill

 

Schemes proposed but with no definite go-ahead

These are more local schemes which have been proposed by various bodies. Most have no formal go-ahead.
A5 to A6 Link Road, Londonderry
A6 dualling - Castledawson to Dungiven
A21 Ballygowan Road Link, Comber
A25 Rathfriland Road Link, Newry .
A50 Gilford Town Centre Relief Road .
Ballymena South West Distributor
Banbridge: Ballygowan Road to Newry Road Link .
Banbridge: Lurgan Road to Huntly Road Link .
Carrickfergus: A2 Marine Highway narrowing
Coleraine ring road (A29) grade separation of Lodge Road roundabout
Craigavon: M12 to Central Way and Balteagh Road Link
Craigavon: Northway to Eastway Link 
B62 Cullybackey Bypass .
Derry: Third bridge over the Foyle at Newbuildings
Derry: Waterside link road
Derry: West Link (A40 Letterkenny Road to A2 Buncrana Road)
Newtownards - Portaferry Road to Bowtown Road Link (Bowtown Link Road)
Newtownards - Bowtown Road to Movilla Road Link .
Omagh: Dublin Road to Scarffe's Entry link road .
Omagh: Winter's Lane link road .
Portadown: Armagh Road to Tandragee Road Link (Mahon Road Link) 
Portadown: New Bann Crossing 

 

Cancelled Schemes
Schemes listed here were proposed, but have now been cancelled, or superseded by others. Most recent cancellations are at the top.

Connsbank Link and Holywood Arches Bypass, Belfast (abandoned 2014)
A5 "2+1" upgrade - Londonderry to Victoria Bridge (superseded by A5 dualling scheme)
A5 Strabane Bypass - stage 3 (superseded by A5 dualling scheme)
A5 Omagh Outer Bypass (superseded by A5 dualling scheme)
Ballynure north east link road (superseded by A8 dualling scheme)
Belfast Inner Ring Road (superseded by 'Belfast on the Move' project)
Lisburn: New junction on M1 for proposed National Stadium at Maze (will be no stadium)
A2 Glynn Bypass (near Larne) (was in roads programme from 1978-88, but then disappeared)