Work to start on €3m public realm upgrade in Bandon

Works will start in Ballymodan at the end of the summer and are expected to take 10 months to complete

The project includes a complete upgrade of the town centre streets, from St Peter’s Church (pictured) at Ballymodan Place to Market Street junction. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

Work is set to start within weeks on a €3m public realm upgrade in Bandon, the gateway to West Cork, to make it more pedestrian-friendly as route options for an extension of the town’s relief road are published.

Contracts for the first phase of the Bandon Transportation Public Realm Enhancement Plan (TPREP) were signed by Cork County Council this week, as it unveiled the study area which contains several preliminary route options for an extension of the town’s at-capacity southern relief road.