Knockraha roads being 'monitored'

Road verges in the Knockraha area along the Celtic Interconnector route are being monitored, according to Cork County Council. Concerns were raised at a recent meeting of the Cobh Municipal District regarding cars ‘going down’ in gaps and gateways in the area near Tattan’s Pub, Poulaniska and Lower Woodstock.

Speaking at last month’s meeting, Cllr Sheila O’Callaghan noted a supply of gravel left at a nearby junction where the Celtic Interconnector is to be installed, querying as to why the excess gravel could not be used for gateways and gaps along the substation road where verges had been peeled back.

At the time, council officials noted that the material used had been saturated due to heavy rain but outlined that the situation would be monitored and concerns would be brought to the Celtic Interconnector team

'TOKEN GRAVEL'

More recently, senior engineer with Cork County Council, Gerard O’Hora, outlined that the matter had been discussed with the Celtic Interconnector contractor.

“They’ve informed me that they’re monitoring the road verges up there and when the weather improves, if there’s any soft spots they’ll revisit the sites and they’ll look at reimporting stronger, harder material up there,” he said.

Stating that she had driven the roads in the area recently, Cllr O'Callaghan outlined that 'token gravel' had been placed in some agricultural gateways, however, she said that traffic is still disrupting the 'mucky verges'.

"When you go over the Ballynakilla road then it's just like two different worlds that we’re living in, because the Ballynakilla road is finished to a very pristine level and as I said previously, a lot of hardcore was used with the verges then banked up on top of that," Cllr O'Callaghan stated.