NRA announces starting date for €434m road on Cork-Dublin route

THE NRA yesterday confirmed a planned start date for a new €434 million road on the Cork-Dublin route.

The new 40km-long M8/N8 Cullahill-Cashel road will be the longest motorway scheme in the country. It is due to commence in October.

The roads authority said the project would take the inter-urban connection between Cork and Dublin one giant step forward.