'An extraordinary engineering achievement': Cork's Dunkettle Interchange opens
The Dunkettle Interchange Upgrade Scheme was officially opened on Monday by the Tánaiste Micheál Martin. Picture: Michael O’Sullivan/OSM Photography
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185 OFFERPeak-hour journey times through the notorious Dunkettle Interchange have been slashed by almost 50% it was claimed on Monday as the last two link roads in the junction’s €215m upgrade were officially opened to traffic.
Ten years in planning and over four years in construction, the upgrade has created a fully free-flow traffic experience through what had become one of Ireland’s most notorious bottlenecks.
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