Cork councillors vote for car ban for heart of city

Private cars could be banned from Cork City’s main street by the end of next year after contentious traffic plans were approved last night.

City councillors voted to proceed with the first two stages of the revised City Centre Movement Strategy — one of the biggest overhauls of traffic flow in the city in 50 years.

The first draft, which included proposals to ban private cars from St Patrick’s Street from 12.30pm to 6.30pm — was shot down last year amid concerns over the length of the car ban period.