Car-mageddon: Cork citywide gridlock investigation launched

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) “will be holding a post-mortem” into the traffic chaos which left Cork motorists in total gridlock on Thursday night.
Car-mageddon: Cork citywide gridlock investigation launched
Sun, 06 Dec, 2015 - 00:00
Sean O’Riordan

Hours of delays were encountered around the city after what has been described as the worst gridlock ever experienced by commuters.

It was mainly sparked by flooding which led to the closure of the left lane heading northbound from Junction 10 at Mahon to the Jack Lynch Tunnel. As a result, from around 4pm traffic started to grind to a halt on the N40 South Ring Road.

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