Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 March 2022

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Road Projects

10:10 am

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will contact TII and pass on the Deputy's suggestions in that regard. His first suggestion about the early opening of the section in order that Macroom town would be bypassed makes eminent sense. It is a town that has struggled and suffered from the volume of traffic through it. It is a beautiful town which I think will rise once the bypass is built.

I really hope that Cork County Council will consider removing through traffic from the centre of the town or providing for access only. We do not want to restrict anyone's access. Of course, the Deputy knows the town square very well. There would be enormous benefit if we take out that through traffic thereby creating a civic space which could bring a concentration of life back into the town. It became very much a commuting town for Cork, Little Island and so on with people commuting to work. By bringing the centre back to a really amazing public place, we will get people working and living in Macroom and a really strong sense of community. Putting the bypass in provides an opportunity to take the through traffic out and we should start with the main square in Macroom.

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