Planning and design for the Cork to Limerick M20 motorway to commence immediately
The Taoiseach made the announcement yesterday having given the go ahead for the project
Transport Minister Shane Ross announced the allocation of 20 million euro for the planning and design of the M20 in a process which is expected to take three to four years.
The overall cost of the project is estimated at more than 800 million euro which the Taoiseach confirmed will be included in the 10 year capital plan.
The 80 kilometre route linking Cork to Limerick and on to Galway is expected to take 10 years to complete and according to a report in the Irish Examiner up to 5,400 new direct jobs will be created as a result.
Calls for the project were first mooted in 1998 but plans were shelved in 2011 following the economic crash by then Transport Minister Leo Varadkar who at the time stated there was no money available.
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