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South Coast Transport, one of several businesses operating in the Corrin, Fermoy area – residents had a deputation to Cork County Council in March, outlining a number of general road concerns.

A report in response to a number of issues raised by residents of Corrin, Fermoy, was given to the Fermoy Local Area Committee of Cork County Council last week.

A deputation of residents attended the committee's March meeting to put their concerns about road conditions, traffic and speed.

They pointed to the large number of businesses in the area such as Glennon Brothers, Cork Marts, South Coast Transport, Veolia, Mapp Foods Ltd. and Rathbarry Stud, employing a lot of personnel and leading to increased heavy traffic that they believed the roads weren't adequate for. They pointed out that many of the businesses had paid large contributions as part of their planning and questioned if the money had or would be channelled into improving the roads network in the area.

They also asked about road resurfacing, embankments that had been removed being reinstated, hedges being cut back to improve visibility, and drainage works to prevent water lodging on roads and they sought repairs to the bridge. Increased signage was also requested to increase safety at a blind corner on the road.

SPECIFIC LEVIES

The engineer first advised that planning contributions from general road levies go into a central pot, going towards the maintenance of all public roads in the county and not those specific to the area of planning. Any special levies for roads go to specific proposals that support the planning, such as new bridges, road widening, etc. No specific levies were put on the Glennon Brothers development due to the large scale levy attached to the general contribution and to the fact that no lands were in charge of the developer outside the site confines.

Over €55,000 has been earmarked for resurfacing, he reported. The route is on year three of their four year programme. The council may seek the assistance of landowners to provide new drainage outlets for a section of the existing road that have failed due to a lack of off-line drainage. Hedges and trees at the roadside are the responsibility of landowners under the 1993 Roads Act.

An agent was engaged by Glennon Brothers to improve drainage runs outside their property to comply with planning conditions. There was a verge collapsed on the northern side of the road adjacent to the bridge and that will be fixed by Cork County Council by making new embankments. More improvements to drainage will be carried out over the summer months in the area.

SPEED LIMIT REVIEW

The engineer agreed to put additional signage on the route to warn of the concealed entrance and extra warning signage to attempt to reduce speed. He'd written to Glennons regarding the speed of heavy goods vehicles making deliveries to and from their depot in Farran. Locals were requesting speed ramps but it wasn't practical or advisable, he said. They could look at reducing the speed limit on that stretch. It was something they'd consider when they are reviewing the speed limits for the county.

Councillor Frank O'Flynn welcomed the engineer's report but asked again about the bridge. He was assured it had been assessed by Glennons, Cork County Council and one other contractor. The speed issue was discussed with gardai and while he'd had no formal reply, he expected there would be a follow up as they are usually proactive.

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