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Changes made to Cork BusConnects plan following public consultation

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01:13 30 Mar 2023


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The €600m plan features 12 sustainable transport corridors, and was published last June.

The public engagement process led to a number of revisions to the Sustainable Transport Corridors after several communities expressed concern about the potential felling of trees, the compulsory acquisition of private property and the loss of on street car parking spaces.

The programme will deliver 91kms of new bus lanes and bus priority and 96km of cycle facilities delivering 48km of the cycle network.

Under the revised BusConnects Cork programme the number of Sustainable Transport Corridors has been reduced by 1 and now stands at 11 with the Sunday's Well to Hollyhill corridor scrapped.

Plans for around 80 compulsory purchase orders for land on Boreenmanna Road have also been scrapped, while most of its trees will be retained. Pearse Road meanwhile is no longer part of the Togher to City Sustainable Transport Corridor.

On the Dunkettle to City route the extent of the scheme has been reduced while revised traffic arrangements are proposed to operate during peak hours only at Ballyhooly Road/Glen Avenue junction.

The CEO of the NTA Anne Graham says the amended proposals put forward today in collaboration with the City Council respond constructively to local issues and help to mitigate many of the challenges raised by local groups.

The revised plans are being published today for public consultation, and members of the public will have an 8 week window in which to give their feedback.


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