'Disbelief' as funding withdrawn for major road upgrade in Cork

Decision on the N25 flies in the face of proper sustainable planning, says senior county council official

The decision to axe funding for the upgrade of the N25 (Cork-Waterford road) between Carrigtwohill and Midleton was criticised by council officials and councillors. Picture: Denis Minihane

A senior county council official said “it beggars belief” that Government funding was withdrawn for a major road upgrade in Co Cork, as it flies in the face of national development plans and is holding up multi-million euro development of thousands of houses, plus commercial and industrial expansion.

County council assistant chief executive Valerie O’Sullivan criticised the decision to axe funding for the upgrade of the N25 (Cork-Waterford road) between Carrigtwohill and Midleton. Taking almost 40,000 vehicles a day, it is the fourth busiest road in the country.