First steps taken in development of Cork's Northern Ring Road

The road will link the M8 (Cork-Dublin motorway) with the planned M20 (Cork-Limerick motorway) and the South Ring Road near Ballincollig.

The link created off the M20 north of the city to the M8 (pictured) and South Ring Road traffic will be able to allow traffic heading east and west and south of the city to avoid the city centre. File picture: Denis Minihane

The first steps in developing a Northern Ring Road for Cork are to be taken shortly while a new transport initiative has been drawn up for Carrigaline.

Cork City Council will oversee the ring road project as it controls the vast majority of the land the highway will be built through.