Following completion of the third non-statutory public consultation (Emerging Preferred Route Corridor) between August and October 2020, all submissions and feedback were considered by the N2 Project Team. Thereafter, a Post Consultation Report was prepared on this consultation, and the final stage of the Option Selection Process (i.e. Stage 3 – Preferred Option) was completed in accordance with TII’s Project Management Guidelines, in combination with TII’s Project Appraisal Guidelines, and applicable regulations and guidance.

Following review and consideration of the submissions and feedback received through the public consultation, it was determined that there was no substantially new and/or additional information which would result in an amendment to the previously presented Emerging Preferred Route Corridor (Option A: Yellow). Therefore, Option A, without any amendments, has been selected as the Preferred Route Corridor (‘Preferred Option’).

A map of the Preferred Route Corridor is available to download here. The Preferred Route Corridor is typically 400m wide. The corridor does not represent the actual width of the road scheme or the lands to be acquired - the corridor indicates the lands within which the N2 road scheme could be developed.