Engineer blames climate change and underfunding for Cork's 'crumbling' roads

A senior executive engineer in North Cork says keeping roads open is going to get more challenging day by day

A senior council engineer says they need an immediate 30% increase in government funding just to keep pace with the damage caused by increased rainfall and this figure will probably have to rise to at least 50% as the impacts of climate change worsen. File picture: Denis Minihane

Several roads in Co. Cork are “crumbling” due to years of underfunding and the increasing impact of climate change.

A senior council engineer says they need an immediate 30% increase in government funding just to keep pace with the damage caused by increased rainfall and this figure will probably have to rise to at least 50% as the impacts of climate change worsen.