Public Consultation

Responses to Second Public Consultation Questionnaire

Good views, good for tourism.  Less interference with current traffic flow at construction stage.  A considerable distance along this route comprises poorer agricultural ground.  Low density of dwelling houses along stretches of this route.

I oppose the Blue route as I only bought the property two years ago at a high price.  With road frontage, I wish to build a home there in the near future

Green route is obvious choice.  Please do not go down the road which covers flood plains.  More roads means more houses, whichever route is taken.  Ireland needs to take note of what has happened in England in the recent floods and the utter misery caused

Any reduction however small would make my holding less viable.  I have no other means of earning a living.  I was made redundant 3 years ago after 28 years service.

Until very recently when the route proposals were made specific, I understood the "upgrading" of the N22 would be just that, involving improvement and widening of the current road from Ballincollig to Ballyvourney with bypasses of the three towns en route.

The yellow route runs too close to the Bride River.  It’s the longest route.  It’s the most expensive route and it interferes with the most number of properties.  It will seriously effect traffic on the N22 during the construction phase with possible long delays.

The parish would be divided access to schools church and shops would be badly affected.  It would destroy our community in Farran.  It will have a severe impact on what we can attend in our parish.  It will destroy our forest wildlife park. 

While I support the new road project, the fear I have at the moment is that if the road is passing in front of my house as indeed it will with many others, access to the village of Ballymakeera will not be possible.  As long as natural domestic water supply that we currently enjoy is not disrupted then I see no problem. 

The Green Route, segment four will completely split the parish of Aghabullpgue.  It will upset the nature habitat of Lough Gal.  Such a road will destroy the countryside of this area.  It will introduce something that is completely alien of the environment

We are suffering enough since the Lee scheme with the loss of 25 acres and a road cutting the farm in two as well, as we have had enough.

Thoroughly in favour of route 12 in order to avoid obstructions residential and good farming area.

Please would the National Roads Authority and the Cork County Council get their hands and their heads out of the EU "money bag for roads" and hand it back as fast as possible.  Apply instead for funds to construct a super efficient transport system, rail and bus throughout. 

I would prefer if the Ballyvourney Macroom section was done first because it is much worse than the other section of the old road and would tie in with the section between the county bounds and Ballyvourney on which high speeds are possible and drivers are frustrated passing to the half way and are inclined to go too fast for this twisty road.

In my view this route is out because of these reasons.  1) Flooding.  2)  It would halve my farm in two.  3)  Fog.  4)  Noise.  5)  It is most expensive route.  6)  It would divide school from its pupils. 7)  Back in the early 60's I lost all the front of my farm containing 5-6 acres also 75 mature beech trees and 150 year old famine wall one mile long.  8)  This valley is very rich in natural deposits of sand, gravel and lime which local employment depends.  In the early 60's the remaining N22 road, 14 young people lost their lives in one year due to fog. 

Since my last comments on the public consultation No. 1, I still maintain the Green Route is by far the better option.  Weighing up the mileage and cost not to mention one water crossing it must be far better than coming on the red, yellow, blue option. 

Our concern is that a safe passage be created to the village by passing the main road either under pass or over, thus ensuring safety of our community especially the more vulnerable members e.g. the children and the elderly.

The maps prepared by the consulting professionals are an insult as one cannot make a full rational judgement based on such a broad series of coloured streaks with no information on access points or interchanges with a given width of 600m.

The most practical route is the shortest - therefore it should be the red route from Ballincollig to Macroom - (Sections 8 & 9) linking up with part of the yellow route around Macroom town then taking the green route from Macroom to Ballyvourney.

A job needs and has to be done so it must be as near as possible to the existing route.  The Lee Valley is a wonderful gift and not one square meter of it should be disturbed.  Please do not try and fix what isn't broken.

In Coolcour it is extremely dangerous to walk on the N22 in view of the speed of the traffic and lack of pavements.

It is nonsensical to follow the green route because (1) topography, (2) the need to build a bridge over the Lee at Fergus, (3) destroying the amenity of the Lee Valley.

According to the No. 2 section it appears (even though I am near the top of a hill) that our house is in the centre of the green line in this section, plus many other houses near me.  I have been nurturing a "wild life preserve" in the field below my house.

I feel the road is needed but I would like deep consideration of the Lee Valley environment.  I feel the green option is the best option because the blue and yellow areas are already served by N22 which is a good road. 

As a residential family facing North of Green route.  We will be divided from land we own south of Green route, making farming difficult for us.  It will divide us from friends and shop in Carrigadrohid village.

I am very small but I think that if this big new road comes along the Green way I won't be able to play outside safely because there will be too many fast cars on the road.  Also I am not good sometimes at sleeping and the noise will keep me awake during the night.

Yellow Route 6:  This part of the road would interfere with a colony of Lesser Horseshoe bats which are an annexe II species in habitats directive.  Green Route: Segment 9 passes through Lissarda Wood which is ecologically unique containing a rare fern and fantastic gorges.  As I work in the "Cork Airport Business Park" the proposed Green Route would make my journey to Cork on a daily basis a lot easier.

Ballincollig - Crookstown (blue route).  It is probably not advisable to create this corridor across an area where extensive karstic features are already identified and where many more undetected features are likely to be present.

Could you please clean the roads we have.  Widen the Coolehane Road if you want to bypass Macroom.  We do not want any dual carriageway.

Follow existing N22 route.  Less of an impact on communities.  People more important than bats!!!

GOD HELP US.

I absolutely oppose the proposed green route segment number 4 as it will irreversibly ruin the beauty and the tranquillity of the Lee Valley.  It will have a huge negative impact on the Lee Valley and on all the residents of the Lee Valley.

I am living here 24 years in the lovely Lee Valley and putting a motorway through such a beautiful valley would spoil it by splitting it in two.  The damage that has been done by dividing the community will take years to heal.

My view is to upgrade N22 from Ballincollig to Macroom and bypass Macroom.  This is one of the finest routes in the South of Ireland.  I am completely opposed to any new road destroying our beautiful countryside.

We have very serious worries about the effect this new road will have on our community.  It will divide our beautiful village and the lovely peaceful areas outside the village.  Our biggest concerns would be about our access to the main road.

I do not want the area from the 2 mile Bridge (Coolcower) to Macroom to be widened and the 2 mile Bridge to be altered.

I have lived in this area all my life and have been quite happy so much so that when I got married I built a new home and settled there.  It is the ideal location to rear a family and I was hoping to continue to do so.  In my opinion there is no need to destroy a naturally beautiful countryside with a major motorway that would make life impossible for all residents both young and old.

I live in Bishopstown, Cork city and regularly go out for walks to the Lee Valley, it is one of the most beautiful scenic walks we have in Cork County that is still within a 10 mile radius for urban residents to avail of. 

I oppose the green route because 1) consistent fog during 9 months of the year, over proposed bridge, due to large body of cold water in lake.   2) disturbing St. Finbarr's grave at Cill na Cluaine, Springville.  3) destruction of wildlife habitat.

I think the new route should be as close as possible to the existing road - if possible simply widening it to take the extra volume of traffic.  Both the Lee and Bride Valleys are areas of outstanding beauty and there should be as little disruption as possible.

I, as a farmer and resident in the area adjacent to the proposed new road, strongly oppose this development.  It will effect the rural area physically, economically, environmentally but above all socially.  It will have a divisive effect on the community.

In my opinion it’s a disgrace attempting to destroy rural Ireland and its people. 

Our townland lost nearly 25% when Lee was dammed by EBS.  Nearly 20% of this farm was CPO in the 1955 or 1956.  I feel you should go the shortest route and least cost, which is Red route, and west of Macroom the Green route.

It is a load of bullshite.  You cannot mess with peoples lives this way.  It is unfair.  Build through your own houses.

It makes no sense to place a new road next to or on to the existing N22.  If you are going to build a new road make it a new one and allow the existing one service the area as it always had adequately. 

Leave Ireland the way it is.

Most of Section 11 blue suffers from flooding during the winter for long periods.  It also passes too close to friary and castle at Kilcrea.

My opinion is the road should definitely be a dual carriageway.  Has account been taken of the traffic accessing the N22 through Crookstown from Dunmanway, Bantry and Castletownbere areas?  A person from one of these areas said a lot of traffic comes this route to avoid delays in Bandon and Ballineen - Ennisheane.

No roads should run through the Lee Valley.  This is a preserved area.  We have a good road from Ballincollig to Macroom.  All it needs is upgrading.  Certain areas of scenic beauty need to be preserved through the county.  The Lee Valley is one of them.

For me, a student attending UCC, it would mean extra expense as I would have to stay in town, rather than at home as the journey would be longer, both morning and evening.  We do not need this highway, here in the Lee Valley, we have enough of speed as it is.

Blue and Yellow routes ( Macroom-Crookstown) and Red Route (Macroom-Roove's Bridge) involve extensive crossing of water courses of the Lee and would cause major upheaval to property owners who have already suffered several disruptions during their lifetime.

I am living in Aglish Farran a beautiful area in the Lee Valley and I would dearly like to keep it this way.  Routing on a dual carriageway through this area is in my opinion not an option.  I have lived here 31 years.

I have no preference to any of the route options but I am totally in favour of a dual carriageway and the sooner the better.

I oppose the proposed route for the following reasons.  The proposed route could bisect access to our property including our house and my husbands farmyard and buildings, the centre of his very large scale horticulture business. 

No 5 in yellow section covers our residence and garden to rear which over the years have been planted with shrubs fruit trees, broad leaf trees, which are now reaching maturity. 

Segments 3, 6, 8, 9 and 12 we have 3 farms in these areas and if the road may come in these areas we will have 3 very awkward farms to manage because they will be in 9 or 10 different sections if the road may come.