Northside communities to meet amid opposition to Cork BusConnects plan

Residents in Harbour View Rd were among those sent letters from the NTA advising that a route "may" impact on their properties.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan TD in Cork City last April when the NTA unveiled a €600m investment in BusConnects Cork. Picture: Darragh Kane

The challenges around implementing the new €600m BusConnects plan for Cork have been laid bare, with communities vowing to resist attempts to take over parts of their properties for the proposed routes.

As the National Transport Authority (NTA) announced the first round of public consultations around its proposed 12 new so-called "sustainable transport corridors" (STCs) around the city's arteries as part of the BusConnects Cork project, residents in areas such as Harbour View Rd on the city's northside sounded the alarm at the possibilities of compulsory purchase orders (CPO) of parts of their properties.