Expert: Cork city needs extra river crossing

Late-night gridlock in Cork, caused when roadworks clashed with an overnight closure of the Jack Lynch Tunnel, demonstrates that the city needs a second river crossing, an international expert said.

Arnold Dix, an engineering, legal, and safety expert, and independent disaster investigator who is in Ireland to conduct ‘health checks’ on the Jack Lynch and Dublin Port Tunnels for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) made his comments after witnessing the traffic snarl-ups late on Tuesday.