Chamber wants timeline for Cork-Limerick motorway

While €1m has been allocated to restart the planning process for the mothballed Cork-Limerick motorway, a business body is calling on the Government to provide a definitive timeline for the construction of the inter-city route.

The planned €800m M20 was not included in the Government’s five-year capital projects announced last year, but the projects are to be reviewed in 2017 with fresh hopes it will be added to the list.

Cork Chamber chief executive Conor Healy said that while he welcomed the announcement made about the €1m grant for restarting the planning process, more information was needed.