A32 Route Improvement Strategy

The strategy proposed a programme of both ‘on-line’ and ‘off-line’ improvement schemes to modern single carriageway standards with improved overtaking opportunities.

The programme included the delivery, in the short to medium term, of a number of schemes at the following locations:

• Shannaragh – Completed – Further information on A32 Shannaragh
• Drumskinney – Completed – Further information on A32 Drumskinney
• Cornamuck – Prioritised Road Scheme – Further information on A32 Cornamuck
• Kilgortnaleague – Other Schemes awaiting the new RSTNTP – Further information on A32 Kilgortnaleague
• Esker Bog (Dromore) – Other Schemes awaiting the new RSTNTP– Further information on A32 Esker Bog (Dromore)

Other Schemes

New Park

Need for Scheme

• The proposed scheme at New Park is one of a number of improvement schemes to modern single carriageway standards with improved overtaking opportunities on the A32 route between Omagh and Enniskillen.
• The A32 between Omagh and Enniskillen is classified as a Trunk Road within the Regional Strategic Transport Network. Improvements to the route were included within the Investment Delivery Plan (IDP) for Roads (2008).
• On the existing route, which serves as the link between Omagh and the South West Acute Hospital Emergency Department in Enniskillen, overtaking opportunities are limited and as a result, journey times tend to be unpredictable. 

Proposed Scheme

• The proposed scheme is a 1.3km off-line realignment scheme, located between Dromore and Irvinestown.
• EIA Scoping Report prepared March 2009.
• Scheme estimate of £4.8m (2009).
• Progressing of this scheme remains dependent upon funding.

Drumbulcan

Need for the Scheme

• The proposed scheme at Drumbulcan is one of a number of improvement schemes to modern single carriageway standards with improved overtaking opportunities on the A32 route between Omagh and Enniskillen.
• The A32 between Omagh and Enniskillen is classified as a Trunk Road within the Regional Strategic Transport Network. Improvements to the route were included within the Investment Delivery Plan (IDP) for Roads (2008).
• On the existing route, which serves as the link between Omagh and the South West Acute Hospital Emergency Department in Enniskillen, overtaking opportunities are limited and as a result, journey times tend to be unpredictable.

Proposed Scheme

• A 2.4km on-line widening scheme, located between Irvinestown and Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
• EIA Scoping Report prepared March 2009.
• Scheme estimate of £2.4m (2009).
• Progressing of this scheme remains dependent upon funding.

Sidaire

Need for the Scheme

• The proposed scheme at Sidaire is one of a number of improvement schemes to modern single carriageway standards with improved overtaking opportunities on the A32 route between Omagh and Enniskillen.
• The A32 between Omagh and Enniskillen is classified as a Trunk Road within the Regional Strategic Transport Network. Improvements to the route were included within the Investment Delivery Plan (IDP) for Roads (2008).
• On the existing route, which serves as the link between Omagh and the South West Acute Hospital Emergency Department in Enniskillen, overtaking opportunities are limited and as a result, journey times tend to be unpredictable.

Proposed Scheme

• The proposed scheme is a 1.1km on-line widening scheme, located between Irvinestown and Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
• It is one of a number of the improvement schemes to modern single carriageway standards with improved overtaking opportunities on the A32 route between Omagh and Enniskillen.
• EIA (Non-Statutory) prepared March 2011.
• Scheme estimate of £2.4m (2009)
• Progressing of this scheme remains dependent upon funding.

Due to the passage of time since the A32 Improvement Strategy (2006), a review of the Strategy document was undertaken in 2025 to ensure it aligns with current policy and legislation.

The review of the existing A32 Improvement Strategy is now complete and will be considered in the revised Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan.