Deadly junctions ‘unlikely’ to get funds for roundabouts

Funding is unlikely to be provided for roundabouts at three dangerous junctions, where numerous accidents have occurred, on the N22 road between Cork and Tralee, it emerged yesterday.

There have been fatal accidents at one of the junctions and several non-fatal crashes have been reported at all three, which are in the Killarney area.

Kerry County Council engineer David Doyle told yesterday’s meeting of Killarney Municipal District that the National Roads Authority (NRA) was unlikely to give funding for roundabouts and an outer bypass of Killarney would provide the real solution.