Picture: Larry CumminsSouth Ring traffic soars with an extra 8,000 vehicles on the road each dayThe number of vehicles travelling on the traffic-choked South Ring Road each day has increased by 8,000 over the last four years. Volumes are smaller further out the road between Ballinora and Curraheen but have still risen by close to 7,000 since 2014. The N40 is not the only road facing significant extra traffic. A TII in-depth demand study of the road last year suggested a range of traffic management measures. One of the measures looked at in the TII study was tolling but Mr Buttimer does not believe that would help in Cork.

Source: Evening echo December 03, 2018 10:52 UTC