Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To this point, there has been no delay. I have put in a submission. I met representatives of the NTA for two hours this week, and I thank them for that. With Councillors Kevin Collins and Mick Nugent and my personal assistant, we went through the proposal line by line. This plan needs to be credible and the people of Cork need it to work. We want to get people out of their cars, but if we do not get this plan right now, there will be consequences down the line. We are talking about an expenditure of €600 million. One of the main proposals is to remove traffic along the main spine roads in Cork city. I live in Cathedral Road and there is talk of installing a bus gate on the road, which will drive people up Wolfe Tone Street, Cattle Market Avenue, Blarney Street and Sunday's Well. Anyone who knows Cork could tell the Minister that St. Declan's Road and Gurranbraher Avenue are terraces. We need BusConnects to listen to the people and we will work with it as best we can.

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