Roads, houses top €517m Cork County Council spending plan

The largest local authority in the country has unveiled a three-year €517.6m plan for spending on housing, roads, and other capital projects.

Cork County Council has revealed it intends to spend some €160.5m alone on social housing over the period of its 2017-2019 capital programme, the largest single allocation under the scheme.

Presenting the plan to councillors in County Hall yesterday, the council’s head of finance, Loraine Lynch, described the proposed spending plan as an “ambitious programme” that will be subject to annual review.