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Standoff delays publication of Cork's preferred light rail route

'Difference of opinion' over a northside-southside route choice
Standoff delays publication of Cork's preferred light rail route

A visualisation of Cork’s proposed Luas-style transit system on MacCurtain St.

A standoff over a northside-southside route choice for Cork’s proposed €1bn Luas-style light rail system has delayed the publication of a preferred route.

Engineers are now working on a solution after "a difference of opinion" over whether the tram should take a left or right turn at a key city junction — a left turn would have excluded St Patrick's St and the northside.

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