Commuter survey to assess rail and transport links

A MAJOR survey is underway which it’s hoped will provide optimum information on travel patterns to make it easier for commuters to use the Cork-Midleton rail link when it becomes operational in 2008.

Some 28,000 households in east Cork have been sent questionnaires, while a further 15,000 have been distributed in libraries and post offices in the region.

Alex Grassick, manager of the Cork County Energy Agency, which is responsible for the survey, said the information received will enable the authorities to plan cars parks, pedestrian and cycle facilities, and better bus connections which will include improved links from Kent Station.