Calls for Cork-Limerick motorway in Capital Plan review

Including the Cork-Limerick motorway in the Capital Plan review in 2017 would vastly improve investment in the region long into the future, Cork Chamber’s annual Christmas lunch heard yesterday.

Cork Chamber president Barrie O’Connell used his address in front of a 300-strong audience to call for various Cork infrastructure projects to be given firm timelines for delivery, as well as the M20 motorway.

Despite €20m spent on planning for the €800m motorway, it was postponed indefinitely in 2011 by then transport minister Leo Varadkar, who said there was no funding available for the foreseeable future.