The new Sallins Bypass in Kildare has officially opened.

The bypass, which commences at Naas Distributor Road at Millenium Park, includes the new Junction 9a Osberstown Interchange, a new Sallins Roundabout and terminates at the Clane Road. It is the second phase of the overall project to be delivered. The first phase, the M7 widening, was completed and opened to traffic on the 19 November 2019. The opening of the Sallins bypass will provide greater accessibility to and from the M7 to Naas, Sallins and environs. The opening will not include the new link road from the Sallins Bypass to Sallins Village which is expected to open later this year.

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The M7 widening and Sallins Bypass Scheme is funded by the Department of Transport, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Kildare County Council and constructed by the Siac/Colas joint venture. During the height of the construction phase over 350 people were directly employed on the project.

The new Sallins bypass has approximately 1.7 kilometres of dual carriageway and 1.85 kilometres of single carriageway with seven structures constructed including a structure under the Dublin Cork Railway Line and bridges over the M7 at Osberstown, Grand Canal and River Liffey.

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said:"The Sallins Bypass will provide much relief to congestion in Sallins Village and the surrounding area and will improve people’s daily life in the village of Sallins, Naas and beyond. The scheme includes measures to enhance cycling and walking with the provision of segregated cycle tracks and footpaths and connectivity to existing active travel routes. In addition, the project will improve public transport routes particularly access to Sallins train station."