Moves to seek bus lane deal under way

MOVES are under way to find a compromise between councillors and city hall management over proposals to provide a dedicated bus lane on Limerick’s busiest city route.

A meeting of Limerick City Council, convened earlier this week to vote on the matter, was adjourned when members failed to reach agreement. Mayor Marie Byrne (FG), had tabled a notice of motion opposing the planned development of a bus corridor through Ballinacurra and O’Connell Avenue which would link Dooradoyle with the city centre.

Limerick County Council, meanwhile, had already opened a bus lane though the county suburb of Dooradoyle which arrives at a dead end on the city boundary near the Crescent Shopping Centre.