Traffic and transportation study in bid to end Carrigaline gridlock

A major new traffic and transportation study is to be conducted in one of the country’s busiest commuter towns in a bid to end gridlock.

County Hall officials have agreed to undertake the study after being told by councillors that Carrigaline, Co Cork, is choking because of the daily volumes of traffic entering and exiting the town.

A meeting of the county council’s Ballincollig/ Carrigaline municipal district yesterday heard Fine Gael councillor John A Collins say a similar study carried out in 2007 had not been pursued and was now probably out of date. He said recent flooding and frost conditions had exacerbated congestion.