Call to bring in contractors to carry out 150 road improvement schemes in Cork

There are currently 150 schemes on the Local Improvement Scheme waiting list. The highest number, 73, are in the Bantry electoral area, with a further 28 in the Macroom area. File picture

Calls have been made to bring in contractors to carry out some road improvement schemes in Co Cork because the local authority sometimes doesn't have the workforce to undertake them.

A county council meeting heard there were a large number of road improvement projects on the waiting lists in the county under two Government funding streams — Community Involvement Scheme (CIS) and Local Improvement Scheme (LIS).