Cork ‘held back by infrastructure delay’

The development of Cork and the southern region is being held back by the failure to start essential infrastructural projects, according to the Construction Industry Federation.

Among the most essential of these is the long awaited motorway between Cork and Limerick. Analysts suggest the motorway could significantly improve the economic links between the two cities, delivering growth and developing the region as a counterbalance to the rapid growth in Dublin and its surrounds.

However, the project was shelved when it failed to be included in the Government’s €27bn capital plan late last year.