Traffic jams will return to  Macroom, say protesters

Cavalcade of more than 100 trucks, tractors, and cars slows traffic in protest over slip-road access to bypass

Drivers line up at Carrigaphooka prior to the protest along the Macroom bypass. Picture: Jim Coughlan

“The people of Macroom will get a very big shock once all this traffic starts filtering back through the town again.” 

That was the message from protesters who slowed traffic on the N22 on Saturday with a cavalcade of more than 100 trucks, tractors, and cars, giving a flavour of the congestion they say will return to the town when a new section of bypass opens next week, curtailing local access.