Revamp of Cork market area in doubt after funding cuts

THE revamp of a historic Cork city market area was among several projects in doubt last night after the Government slashed by almost half its funding for city roads.

City council officials received notification by fax yesterday that their 2009 roads budget — which had been estimated last December at e6.9 million — has been cut by e2.7m to just e4.2m.

Decisions on planned road projects made at the council’s budget meeting last December, when the figure was projected to be e6.9m, will have to be reviewed and prioritised.