ROUTE options for a €1 billion motorway linking Cork to Limerick will go on display again next week due to public demand.
The closing date for submissions on the M20 road project will now be accepted up to Friday, August 15.
The move follows the enormous interest shown in the vast road project after the route corridor options went on public display in Blarney, Mallow, Charleville and Croom in recent weeks.
Six route options are under consideration for the 90km motorway which will run from a junction on the planned northern ring road around Cork city, near Killeens, travelling north through a vast swathe of land to a point east of Adare at Patrickswell.
Cork and Limerick County Councils, in consultation with the National Roads Authority, will hold an extra public consultation at the Charleville Park Hotel next Wednesday, from 12.30pm to 8pm.
A spokesperson said the consultation is designed to ensure that the public are kept fully informed about the sheer scale and extent of the route corridor options being considered. It also gives people the chance to raise questions, concerns and comments for future consideration, she said.
The route corridor options are also on display at the NRA’s design office in the Mallow Business Park which is open to the public from Monday to Friday between 9.15am and 5.15pm.
The preferred route should be selected and go on public display by October, before detailed designs get underway.
The final route will be designed to motorway standard with a design speed of 120km per hour.
Subject to funding and statutory approval, work could start on the first phase of the project in late 2010 or early 2011.
It has not been decided yet whether the road will be tolled and it is also unlikely that the entire road will be built in one phase.
The M20 motorway is part of the Atlantic Corridor road upgrade, which will link Letterkenny to Waterford via Sligo, Tuam, Ennis, Limerick, Mallow and Cork — planned under Transport 21.
Affected areas will include Banogue, Croagh, Athlacca, Garryfine and Rockhill.
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