Carrigtwohill cycleway plan unlikely to reduce traffic congestion 

While the project was welcomed by local councillors, some of them claimed it was unlikely to have any major benefit until the planned N25 upgrade was back on track. Picture: Denis Minihane

Plans for a series of cycleways/walkways in one of Co Cork's fastest-growing residential and industrial towns are unlikely to have any major impact on traffic congestion due to a stalled multi-million euro road upgrade.

Councillors are expected to approve the extensive cycleway/walkway project for Carrigtwohill next Monday, but fears have been raised it will have little or no impact on increasing 'sustainable travel' because the proposed upgrade of the Carrigtwohill-Midleton section of the N25 has been put on hold due to lack of funding from Transport Infrastructure Ireland.