Varadkar urged to release funds for vital motorway projects

A delegation will meet Transport Minister Leo Varadkar this month to persuade him to sanction money for two bypasses and a relief road in Co Cork.

Following news that the Government will not release €800m for the planned M20 Cork-Limerick motorway, officials from Cork County Council and a number of politicians are hoping Mr Varadkar will green light works to improve safety and traffic flow in north Cork.

County engineer Noel O’Keeffe said he hopes Mr Varadkar will at least sanction sections of the proposed motorway, such as bypasses of Buttevant and Charleville, and the northern relief road for Mallow.