Changes to BusConnects plans hailed as 'win for community'

Introduction of bus gate during peak hours will reduce impact on private properties and roadside trees, says transport authority

Eoin Ó Loingsigh and his sister Katie during a campaign to save Boreenmanna Rd trees. Picture: Dan Linehan

Residents on Cork's Boreenmanna Rd, where more than 90 trees faced the chop, have hailed the revised BusConnects proposals for their area as a “win for the community”.

However, the group, which ran a high-visibility campaign to save the trees, say the changes to several parts of the Mahon to city centre sustainable transport corridor (STC) are still not what they could be.