Killeagh bypass delayed

Safety works are to be carried out to reduce speed in a village in East Cork — but a planned bypass has been put on the long finger.

Senior officials from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), have agreed to carry out a €3 million project to improve the streetscape and install traffic calming measures in Killeagh.

Tony Mullane, a senior TII engineer, told members of the East Cork municipal council at a meeting in Midleton that TII had money available to plan the design of the bypass, but it would take at least two and a half years to complete that and get planning permission.