Completing second phase of Bandon bypass 'particularly challenging'

Councillors warned amid concerns that traffic congestion in the Cork town is worsening

The first section of the N71 bypass, which skirts the southern side of Bandon, was completed 35 years ago but stops at the junction with the Kilbrittain Road. File picture

Completing the long-awaited second phase of the Bandon bypass will be "particularly challenging", Cork County Counci's head of roads has warned.

The warning comes amid concerns that traffic congestion in the town is worsening and that planned housing will place even greater pressure on an already strained road network.