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This scheme is being undertaken by a private developer and will see a new road link directly from the A2 Buncrana Road at Skeoge Roundabout to the Whitehouse Road, in order to serve a large new housing development. The existing Whitehouse Road, which joins the Buncrana Road at a t-junction, will remain in place but separated from the new road. The new road largely obliterates a 500 metre section of the 18th century Coshquin Road (which was the main road before Buncrana Road was built in the 19th century). Parts of it will remain in use as a local road. The map below shows the plan.The red highlights the sections of old road to be abandoned.

Developer map dating from 2022 showing the proposed road. North is to the upper left. Click to view larger.
Image from Braidwater Homes/Atkins.

Updates

24 Apr 2026: I had not planned to do a page for this scheme until a site visitor emailed me to comment on how large the road looked. Indeed this is true: the section south from Skeoge Roundabout is four lanes across, and includes another new roundabout. Nevertheless, when it is finally adopted by DFI, it is likely to be either an unclassified Road or B-class at most because it has been build primarily to serve a large new housing development. Work on the road began around 2024 and is now largely complete. However, it has not been opened to the public and is currently being used as an access road to the housing development which is now getting underway. Progress can be seen on Google Maps, especially this Streetview link.