NRA: No upgrade for road that claimed 10 lives

THE National Roads Authority is refusing to provide money for the upgrade of a dangerous road in Co Cork which has claimed the lives of 10 people in recent years.

NRA: No upgrade for road that claimed 10 lives
Wed, 20 Jan, 2010 - 00:00
Sean O’Riordan

The authority itself identified the Mallow to Castletownroche section of the N72 as a priority project as far back as 1998.

It then reiterated that in a report published in 2006.

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