Lack of footpath puts residents’ lives at risk

THE residents on Maryborough Hill in Cork city have been waiting for a footpath for many years. The councillors who promised action on this issue before the local elections last year seem to have vanished into thin air.

Anyone who has walked the hill will testify that the lack of a footpath is putting lives in jeopardy.

The area has a large population, many of whom have to walk the hill on a regular basis because the bus service is inadequate. I have seen school children jumping into ditches to avoid being knocked down.