Taxpayers face €230k traffic lights fiasco bill

IT’S the three-year traffic lights fiasco that is set to cost taxpayers over €230,000.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2011 - 01:00

Eoin English

City officials in Cork have finally given the green light for a €60,000 roundabout to replace one removed for a €175,000 traffic light system that never worked.

The long-running saga at the busy junction of Togher Road and Tramore Road, near the entrance to St Finbarr’s GAA club, should end within months.

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