Mirror imageThey look at Mr McDonagh’s Barack Obama Plaza motorway service area at Moneygall and see its mirror image near their town. According to TII, motorway service areas (MSAs) are “essential for driver safety and to ensure the availability of services and amenities for drivers”. The “on-line” element is central to objections to the McDonagh plan. In other words, drivers leave the carriageway and drive straight into the service area, as is the case on various Applegreen service areas on, for instance, the M4 and M1. Short distanceThe Ennis service area would be “off-line” meaning the motorists would have to exit the motorway proper, enter other roads and drive to the service area, albeit a short distance.

Source: The Irish Times August 25, 2018 00:00 UTC