€65m road plan parked

A €65m scheme to radically widen and straighten a large section of a narrow road between Dingle and Tralee will have to go back to the drawing board, An Bord Pleanála has ruled.

€65m road plan parked

The planned upgrade of 28km of the N86 between Dingle and Camp, including Annascaul and Gortbreagoge, was one of a handful of “type-three single carriageway” pilot projects planned for national secondary tourist routes along the western seaboard.

An oral hearing in Dingle in May heard objections from cyclists, conservationists, and tourist providers.

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