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Plans to connect Ireland's second and third largest cities continue to be a controversial issue for people in the area.
The N/M20 Cork-to-Limerick Road is a key element in Project Ireland 2040 - but numerous residents' groups have formed in opposition to the plans, which were first presented back in 2008.
The public consultation phase of the process has recently closed.
Dee Hosford the chairperson of the Whitechurch Residents Association.
"This road was brought to tender in 2008, but the project was stopped in 2010 due to funding and all the rest of it - so it's been shelved for 10 years.