Tunnel/Dunkettle traffic in morning

[Meridian]

With the volume of traffic from Glouthane / M8 all the way through the tunnel and out the M40 towards Wilton, I firmly believe there should be at least 2 motorcycle Gardai on those roads at rush hours to intervene quickly in order to keep the traffic moving.
After all that road is an essential link for Ambulances also going to CUH.

 

[The Duke]

Hope all are ok and no one injured. More generally, the city seems to have absolutely zero resilience to even the most ’straightforward’ incident on the roads around the city, and in particular the tunnel. A mildly disruptive incident in the tunnel has seen the city gridlock up to 8pm in the evening on numerous occasions the last few years.

 

[Crankycorner]

We need a massively increased park and ride service covering Dunkettle too.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

A few months ago we were heading east and there got stuck in standstill traffic heading northbound. A poor fella on a motorbike had been killed that morning, but 6 hours later the scene hadn't been cleared and it was still down to one lane.

Is that really necessary like? Surely the scene should be cleared straight away

 

[The Duke]

Presume things like a potential crime scene mandate that roads or lanes are closed until gardai gather evidence etc ?

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

The Gardai are too busy policing the Pana ban to be out dealing with serious incidents

Cork Gardai cracking down on Patrick's Street 'Pana car ban'

Gardaí were in town targetting drivers flouting the car ban rule

www.corkbeo.ie

 

[Crankycorner]

The Gardai are too busy policing the Pana ban to be out dealing with serious incidents

Cork Gardai cracking down on Patrick's Street 'Pana car ban'

Gardaí were in town targetting drivers flouting the car ban rule

www.corkbeo.ie

To be honest I’ve no issue with that. Too many people take the convenient option and drive into town especially from East Cork. There are trains from Glounthaune and Little Island to Kent every 15 minutes and every 30 minutes from Midleton yet they are rarely full.

 

[Browser Brody]

Isn’t it there a whole new town (water rock) of approx 5k people that will be opening near midleton in the next few years ?

Surely the tunnel/infrastructure can’t take that extra load ?

 

[thegillabbeygowl]

Seemingly a disaster this morning by all accounts.

Yup, I got caught in 2 different ones. Blarney and the city. ?

 

[markyboy]

Presume things like a potential crime scene mandate that roads or lanes are closed until gardai gather evidence etc ?

I think two of the recent ones had to wait for guards to arrive from Dublin or Limerick to do the examinations.