Council plans to buy €7,000 solar-powered speed warning signs

Cork County Council is planning to purchase a number of solar-powered speed warning signs for its own use and is also prepared to subsidise communities who want to buy them.

The move is part of a new road safety policy which was formulated by the council’s roads and transport special purposes committee.

Its chairman, Cllr Declan Hurley (Ind), said two solar-powered signs cost €6,800 and the council would pay half the price if local communities came up with the rest.