Two leading members of the new Government have insisted the controversial M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick “will be built", despite a review of the National Development Plan (NDP). Linking Ireland’s second and third cities, Cork and Limerick is a really strategic infrastructure project for buses and for cars. The M20 route from Patrickswell in Limerick to Blarney in Cork is one of the biggest new national motorway projects slated to proceed, but Green Party opposition to it remains despite entering government. The Green Party estimated that this M24 option would cost “half” of the €1.2bn cost of the M20 route. This is slower than the 64 minutes it would take on the proposed M20 route, which is backed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Source: Irish Examiner July 04, 2020 05:03 UTC