David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As my colleagues have done, I welcome this opportunity to raise these issues with the Minister. He will be aware of the N25, which is probably one of the busiest roads in the country. There is currently a major bottleneck at Castlemartyr. I understand that there are approximately 22,000 vehicle movements per day through one small crossing there. There have been major tailbacks and the area is now highlighted regularly on traffic news as one of the main black spots. Cork County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, are anxious to provide some form of relief road there and have carried out quite a bit of work on that but I understand that unless it is included in the NDP, it cannot proceed.

Another road the Minister is familiar with is that into Cobh. The town has experienced substantial growth in marine traffic, including cruise liners, and there are major plans, as the Minister will be aware, to develop offshore wind energy facilities and so on. The road into the place, however, is Dickensian and the bridge was built in the 1800s.

See this speech in context