Half a billion euro needed 'to play catch-up' on fixing Cork roads

Cork county councillors agree to write to the Government seeking more than the €153m allocation for roads

Councillors maintain that, for years, Co Cork, which has 12,000km of roads, has fared worse than other counties in the allocation it gets per kilometre.

An increase in Government grant aid for roads in Co Cork falls far short of the estimated €500m needed “to play catch-up” after years of neglect of the network, a meeting of Cork County Council has heard. 

Concern has also been raised that adequate money is not available for maintaining secondary roads and for drainage works alongside them, especially as wetter weather is expected in the years ahead due to climate change.