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Gortin Road is a local round running north from Omagh. It has increased in importance over the past few years due to (a) the completion of the Strathroy Road link which provides a way to get from the A5 north-west of the town to the northern part of the town without having to go into the town centre and (b) Strule Shared Education Campus which, although not yet well-developed, will attract a lot more traffic into this area in the future.

Gortin Road is already four lanes wide for the first few hundred metres between Sedan Avenue and Old Mountfield Road  DFI have decided to widen a further 800 metres of the road to provide the capacity needed. The work also includes an outbound bus lane to Strathroy Road. The widened road will feature 2+2 lanes from Old Mountfield Road to the Education Campus (opposite the Silver Birch Hotel). From there it will be one lane inbound and two outbound (one of which will be a bus lane) as far as Strathroy Road. A shared foot/cycleway will also be provided along the western side of the scheme. The extent of the ugprade is shown in the image below (click to enlarge):

Extent of upgrade – click to expand
Image from Google Earth ©2025 Airbus

The widening will take place mostly on the western side by encroaching on Grange Park. the photo below shows the view north along Gortin Road from Old Mountfield Road. As you can see, the widening requires the removal of some trees along this stretch.

Image from Google Street View – looking north along Gortin Road in 2022, from just north of Old Mountfield Road. The road will be widened here by two lanes, by expanding on the left.

Updates

8 Sep 2025: This scheme has been in planning for several years, but work finally got underway at the end of July 2025. Work is expected to take about a year. Please do get in touch if you have any photos to share. You can message me on X or Bluesky via the handle @niroads