Kilpaddoge-Knockanure Project

EirGrid and its team have carried out a detailed study of the area in order to identify an optimum route for the cable.

There has also been consultation with Kerry County Council. During this, EirGrid was advised that:

• No underground cable would be permitted along or through the N69 Limerick to Tralee national secondary road due to the recent significant investments in it.
• The western part of the study area is known to have significant peat deposits, making it unsuitable for a cable route in that location.
• A traffic management plan will be required for the project.
• The cable will be laid in a trench that measures approximately 1.2 metres in depth and 1.2 metres in width.

April 2017

EirGrid provides details of the project to local community and stakeholders. Meetings with landowners who may have works on their lands for the project.

May 2017

Start site investigations - this work is required to allow detailed design of the cable route. This involves digging slit trenches every 100 metres along the public road and every 50 metres through the villages of Moyvane and Knockanure.

July 2017

Construction of Kilpaddoge-Knockanure Project starts.

July 2017 to November 2019

Cable works continue at multiple locations along the route.

2019

Energise new Kilpaddoge-Knockanure underground cable.

A traffic management plan will be agreed with Kerry County Council prior to commencement of construction works.

Approximately 100m of roadway will be excavated to allow cable ducts to be laid and reinstated on a rolling programme basis.

Some localised diversions may be necessary in the interests of traffic safety.

Following completion of the installation of the cable ducts, the 220 kV cable will be installed at a later date. The cable will require to be jointed at intervals of approximately 500m along the route in underground concrete chambers known as joint bays.

The length of cable on a drum is limited to 500m in order to facilitate handling and installation work.

To minimise traffic disruption there will be a number of temporary passing bays constructed on land adjacent to the route. EirGrid will appoint a community liaison officer who will work with local landowners and residents to address any matters that may arise during construction.