Contentious Cork BusConnects plan reducing people to tears, councillors claim

Cork City Council hears criticism of the consultation process, and that some householders are upset they may lose part of their gardens to the 12 planned bus lanes

National Transport Authority CEO Anne Graham showing the proposed Cork Bus Connects layout to Cork City Council CEO Ann Doherty earlier this year. Picture: Darragh Kane

Contentious plans for a dozen super bus lanes across Cork City have reduced many elderly people on affected routes to tears, it has been claimed.

Several city councillors have also branded the National Transport Authority’s (NTA) initial round of community engagement on its draft BusConnects Cork proposals for 12 strategic transport corridors (STCs) as “one dimensional”.