Cork speed limit rise quizzed by Road Safety Authority

The Road Safety Authority is questioning a decision by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to raise the speed limit on a dangerous stretch of road close to a national school.

The RSA became involved in the debate after Cork County Council engineers expressed their concern that TII wanted to increase the speed limit at Glenahulla National School, which is on the side of the busy main road between Mitchelstown and Mallow (N73).

The current speed limit on the national secondary road at the school is 50km/h, but TII want to increase it to 60km/h.