Re: Re: Cork’s 500m euro North Ring Motorway

Frank wrote: “Much of the capacity of this road is taken up with local journeys between residential and work places that were only built because of the ring road.”
Just out of curiosity, how exactly would Dublin function without the M50. For instance, should somebody living in Dundrum travel through the city centre to get to the airport? Should a truck driver going from the Airport to Dun Laoghaire use the quays?
Are you furthermore suggesting that these “residential and work places that were only built because of the ring road” would not exist if not for the M50.
If so, where exactly would these people and businesses have based themselves. Another country perhaps?
Pretending that these many thousands of cross-city journeys do not exist in Dublin does not serve any purpose.