Cork suburb residents oppose narrowing of footpaths for new sustainable transport corridor

Protesters say there isn’t room for three lanes of traffic on Summerhill and that the proposed narrowing of pavements will create access problems

Residents of Summerhill North in Cork city, David and Charlie Murphy with Valerie Kent and her children Finn, Laoise and Jessie standing at the yellow line showing part of the footpath which will be taken away when the new BusConnects corridor is introduced. Picture: Dan Linehan

Residents in a Cork city suburb have staged a protest against the National Transport Authority’s proposed BusConnects plans for a sustainable transport corridor in their area.

The NTA says bus travel times along the 3.5km Mayfield to city centre route will be slashed from 35 minutes to 12 minutes when new bus corridors are installed.