Cost of fixing Cork's roads is close to €1bn, according to council

Mayor of County Cork Joe Carroll said the county needs nearly €1bn in funding to bring its roads up to an acceptable standard. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

It will take nearly €1bn to bring the roads in Co Cork up to an acceptable standard after years of underinvestment and damage caused by climate events, senior council figures have warned. 

Cork County Council has estimated that the most recent weather events in early January added at least another €11m of repairs to a road network that was already in dire need of major investment.