€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.

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.