Calls mount for more public consultation on Cork BusConnects plan

Con O'Donnell, Patrica Carroll, Joan Lewis and Grainne O'Donnell, representing Kilcully/Ballincrokig, Dublin Hill and Kilbarry Cottages, post submissions to BusConnects regarding the latest draft of the sustainable transport corridor proposals, at Blackpool Post Office on Monday. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Calls are mounting for a third round of public engagements on the contentious Cork BusConnects plan as figures reveal the consultations have cost €1.2m so far.

Most of the money has been spent by the National Transport Authority (NTA) on marketing, branding, and PR firms between April 2021 and April 2023 to explain the Strategic Transport Corridors (STCs), a vital element of the wider BusConnects Cork scheme.