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East Cork Councillors Question Government’s Transport Infrastructure Funding Process


by SEAMUS WHELEHAN


Continued from front page Under the


Midleton


and Water Rock Master plans the authority intend to construct 5,000 homes, 6 schools (4 Primary and 2 Secondary), a shopping centre, a number of parks and a second railway station for the Midleton area.


Hegarty told the sitting that


planning policies should be


thinking.


Councillor Michael Minister Coveney’s based on joint up


The Fine Gael Council- lor said he was disappoint- ed the Housing Minister saw fit to spend €6million on upgrading the Dunket- tle


Lakeview Roundabout. “€2million is not exor-


bitant in these times for such a major road, with the amount of daily users on it. Plus the fact the oil refinery plan to expand.” Fellow Fine Gael Coun- cillor Susan McCarthy said she couldn’t under- stand the current think- ing.


“If you listen to 96fm in the morning you con-


roundabout over the


stantly hear City traffic being mentioned and then you’ll hear the Lak- eview roundabout being mentioned.” She said “the N25 the


second busiest road after the N40 in Cork is being repeatedly ignored.” While Fianna Fail Councillor Padraig O’Sullivan said he had “serious


reservations”


regarding the Dunkettle upgrade. He said the


closure


of the slip road onto the Dunkettle


would increase


roundabout the vol-


ume of traffic through Glanmire village. “One of the most dan-


gerous roads in the area, the East Cliff road is go- ing to be the most heavily trafficked road that will lead to these new houses.” “Glanmire


is fast turn-


ing into one of the most heavily densely populated


suburbs in Cork, so it’s something which is going to cause significant prob- lems.” Director of roads Cork


County Council Tom Stritch told the sitting the decision to stall develop- ment of the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midle- ton was a political one. He said the authority had made a submission for the Lakeview upgrade last month under LIHAF, but were told it should be developer led. Mr Stritch added a fur-


ther report will be issued to government providing additional evidence extra infrastructure is required in the area. “The


delays are not


entirely due to issues on the regional road. There are also serious delays on the N25 particularly east of Midleton” commented the director of roads.


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