Plans for €300m Cork tunnel bypass

PLANS for a €300 million tunnel, up to five kilometres long, are to be lodged with the National Roads Authority as part of the proposed northern ring road around Cork city.

The tunnel would form part of a €500m route connecting the Poulavone Roundabout on the Ballincollig Bypass, and the main Cork-Dublin road north of Glanmire.

Cork County engineer Ned Flynn said yesterday the massive project could probably be completed under a Private Public Partnership (PPP). This would mean the road would be tolled.