Accident blackspot on Kinsale-Innishannon Road to be made safer

The plan involves cutting into around 300 metres of rockface on one side of the road and removing vegetation to allow the road to be widened
Accident blackspot on Kinsale-Innishannon Road to be made safer

Tim Lucey, Chief Executive of Cork County Council, drew up a report on the proposed work at ‘The Ship Pool’ bends, on the R605 regional road between Innishannon and Kinsale. File photo: Brian Lougheed

Plans have been drawn up to make safe notorious bends on a section of a very busy road in Co. Cork, which has been the scene of numerous serious accidents in recent years.

Cork county councillors have approved plans for work to be carried out at ‘The Ship Pool’ bends, on the R605 regional road between Innishannon and Kinsale.

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