Department go-slow on road speed increase

IT could take at least five months before the speed limit on the former main road between Watergrasshill and Fermoy is increased from 80km/h to 100km/h.

Department go-slow on road speed increase

Several angry county councillors who sought an emergency motion to overturn the new Department of the Environment ruling were yesterday told that the protocols involved could take months to finalise.

Two days after the €300 million Fermoy bypass was opened the speed on the former main road was lowered, because it was no longer classified as a national primary route.

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