Engineers hired for radical overhaul of Cork city bus routes
The new hires are part of one of the most radical overhauls of the city’s public transport system in decades.
The same company was appointed in 2017 to review Dublin’s bus network, with its recommendations set to be implemented this year. File picture.
Tue, 19 Jan, 2021 - 14:11
Eoin English
Engineering teams have been hired to design a dozen core bus corridors (CBCs) and one orbital bus route in Cork city as part of one of the most radical overhauls of the city’s public transport system in decades.
And in a separate but linked move, public transport experts, Jarrett Walker & Associates, are set to review the city’s existing bus services with a focus on how many buses operate where, when and how often - and to design an improved network.
Southern Editor
The longest precast concrete bridge beams in Ireland and Britain have been placed over a river at Macroom in County Cork, as part of a €280m project to bypass the town.
Each of the seven beams is 50 metres in length and weighs more than 150 tonnes.
It took four nights, garda escorts and some of the best drivers in the country to transport the seven bridge beams from Banagher in County Offaly to Macroom in Cork.
En route, at the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork, the drivers had just 20 centimetres or eight inches head space from the ceiling of the tunnel.
Woman killed after being hit by a heavy vehicle in Cork City
She was crossing a busy road on the northside of the city when she was struck by a lorry
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Cork City Fire Brigade attend scene of the accident
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A woman has died in a tragic road accident on the northside of Cork City this evening.