Traffic impact still key issue in Cork port expansion

The Port of Cork may have to sign a legal agreement compelling it to use a special traffic management system if its €100m Ringaskiddy expansion gets the green light.

Senior Cork County Council planner Paul Murphy told Bord Pleanála inspectors yesterday it should consider including the clause given that traffic impact on the N28 was the key issue when the port’s 2008 expansion plan was rejected.

Traffic remains the principle issue with this application, Mr Murphy told the second day of the board’s oral hearing into the huge project.