Road barriers a waste of taxpayers’ money

I WISH to protest against the waste of taxpayers’ money on barriers in the middle of part of the Cork-Mallow Road. With the vast sums spent on the new road, the public are entitled to something better.

Prior to the barriers, the road was OK, other than that the engineers lined it unnecessarily with traffic islands and continuous white lines.

Unlike an important junction, these islands are idle 99.9% of the time. Instead, a third lane solely for overtaking and turning right, as in the case of the Watergrasshill-Fermoy road, should be placed on the route.