Potholes fear as council faces cuts of €17m to roads budget

CORK County Council it emerged yesterday is facing swingeing cuts of almost €17 million in its road maintenance grants.

The big fear among shocked county councillors is that potholes could blight most of the roads in areas like west Cork.

At a meeting in Clonakilty, management advised councillors that the slashing of Department of Environment grants would lead to a reduction of €4.2m in the budget for west Cork roads, alone.