Cork-Limerick route selection to be unveiled this month

Some concerns have been raised in recent months that the final route selection will include a mixture of motorway and non-motorway sections

Padraig Barrett, the Cork County Council’s director of roads, said the M20/N20 roads design team will make an online preferred route presentation that day to Cork and Limerick City and County councillors and after that it will go out for public consultation.

The optimum route selection for the upgrade of the main Cork-Limerick road will become known on March 30 with fears it will not be a full motorway link between the two cities.

Padraig Barrett, the Cork County Council’s director of roads, said the M20/N20 roads design team will make an online preferred route presentation that day to Cork and Limerick City and County councillors and after that it will go out for public consultation.