Revised road layout plan for Cork suburb

Council engineers are planning a revised road layout and the synchronisation of traffic lights at junctions in a busy Cork suburb to prevent a heavily-congested area grinding to a complete halt.

Cork County Council’s senior transportation engineer Peter O’Donoghue warned Douglas, with a projected local traffic increase of 8% by 2033, requires necessary works.

He said an objective of the Douglas LUTS (Land Use Transportation Study) was to have the existing roundabout at the junction of the South Douglas Road and the N40 off-ramp at West Douglas upgraded to a signalised junction.