Campaigners urge councillors to approve two major cycle lane projects in Cork

Proposals in Ballincollig have led to a local campaign to ‘save a roundabout’ earmarked for removal

It is proposed to provide some 600m of single uphill raised cycle track on Tory Top Road in Ballyphehane, between its junction with Pearse Road and Lower Friars Walk. Picture: Denis Minihane

Cycling campaigners have urged Cork’s city councillors to approve two big bike lane projects amid fears that local opposition to parts of the schemes could scupper them entirely.

The Cork Cycling Campaign said the two active travel projects, one in Ballincollig and the other in Ballyphehane on the city’s southside, will deliver many benefits not just to cyclists, but to society in general, and should not be shelved because of issues that can be addressed in the final design process.