Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The proposed relief road extension involves bridging over the existing R603 to remove an existing steep gradient, which the Senator and I know, and the construction of approximately 2.5 km of a new single carriageway tying back to the existing N71 just west of the town near the Old Chapel area. The total cost is approximately €7.5 million. Cork County Council and other local authorities will be asked to consider what they want in the capital review, which will be brought forward. As the Minister said, and as I have heard others state umpteen times and as I have said myself, the Department will be a significant beneficiary of the mid-term capital review being brought forward to early 2017. While I cannot, should not and would not make any specific commitments on individual projects, representatives from Cork South-West and Bandon, in particular, should begin to do what Senator Lombard is doing and bring the issue to the floor of the Seanad and elsewhere to ensure those who need to hear it, namely, TII, the Department and the Minister, are aware of it.