Irish Examiner view: Welcome news that Cork Northern Ring Road plans reactivated

Cork City Council will lead the project as it controls the majority of the land required

The crash of 2008 stymied a Northern Ring Road for Cork but those ambitions are, thankfully, active again. Picture: Larry Cummins.

That old saying — everything comes to those who wait — is apt in relation to grand infrastructure projects. Though the national children’s hospital stretches that optimism, progress on the €280m Macroom bypass, after decades of broken promises, gives it credence. That credence will be confirmed if it is completed by its promised 2023 date. So too do the €215m works upgrading the Dunkettle interchange.

The Cork Northern Ring Road plan.