Residents welcome €100m junction plan but warn of missed opportunities

Plans for a €100m upgrade of the busiest junction outside of Dublin have been given general approval by people living close by.

Residents and businesspeople from Glanmire, Glounthaune, and Little Island attended a public exhibition hosted by the NRA yesterday where they were able to see detailed plans of the upgrade of the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle Roudabout interchange which handles 95,000 vehicles a day.

Apart from creating several slip roads in the area to provide faster traffic flow, the NRA is planning to remove the signalised roundabout at the northern entrance to the tunnel because it gridlocks traffic during rush hour.