Concrete traffic solutions ‘a master stroke’

Can I please take a moment of your time to congratulate Cork City Council on recent works being done in the city.

As a driver of a car, of which there are, as you know, very few of us, I must admit we frankly had way too much space in the first place to drive in the city. The reduction of lanes on Western Road/Washington Street, and what can only be described as concrete peninsulas into traffic, is a master stroke of planning.

The 40 metre long, six inch wide concrete plinth in between three lanes of traffic along the centre of Washington Street is a godsend to those people who do not have the time to reach a proper pedestrian crossing. And the people exiting busy establishments at closing time have a new place to congregate. Could i perhaps suggest you could rename this structure as Beechers Brook or Death Row — although I feel the latter is a touch morbid.