Green light for Galway ring road - but roads projects have many more miles to cover

If the Galway ring road is anything to go by, promised road projects in other parts of the country, such as the Cork to Limerick motorway, will certainly remain a case of “we’ll believe it when we see it”, writes Sean Murray

An artist's impression of part of the Galway City Ring Road proposal. It is expected the main construction phase would take three years to complete.

The Government’s recently published National Development Plan has no fewer than 34 major road projects expected to be advanced in the coming years.

Included among the projects in the plan is the Cork City Northern Transport Project - or the Cork North Ring Road. It is expected to be a “complementary project” to the N/M20 Cork to Limerick project and consultants have been appointed to carry out early appraisal works with the project at a very early stage.