Councillors 'very reluctantly' sign off on Cork speed limits

Claims that TII, which proposed the revised speed limits, has ignored road safety issues raised by county councillors

TII speed limit reviews, once endorsed, cannot be revisited by local authorities for five years, posing a dilemma for many Cork county councillors. Picture: Denis Minihane

Cork county councillors have “very reluctantly” agreed to sign off on new speed limit bylaws for main roads proposed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) even though they claim the authority has ignored glaring safety issues in many areas.

In an emotive debate, one councillor claimed her conscience would not allow her to sign off on the countywide alterations proposed by TII as she had consistently highlighted serious safety issues at Rafeen Junction, on the N28 Cork-Ringaskiddy road, and the transport authority had ignored it in the speed reduction measures it put forward for councillors to ratify.