Irish Examiner view: Citizens can reclaim town as bypass opens

The €280m project will make the journey between Cork and Killarney easier and also liberate the historic town of Macroom

A section of the new Macroom Bypass looking West of Macroom near the new roundabout at Carrigaphooca. Picture: Dan Linehan

In an era when it can seem unfashionable and off message to celebrate anything to do with the motor car, it might be provocative to welcome the long-awaited, and frustratingly delayed, arrival of the Macroom bypass. 

But we will anyway, and not only because of the relief it brings to an area which was a byword for traffic delay and frustration.