It's unclear if major local roads projects will progress under the next Government, after comments from a Green Party TD.
Ossian Smyth said construction on roads like the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway and the Galway bypass will not start in the next five years.
Planning is continuing on the long awaited N3 Virginia bypass and the N2 realignment scheme in Monaghan but neither are specifically mentioned in the draft Programme for Government.
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Ossian Smyth didn't rule out large road projects getting the go-ahead under a Green government.
But he's said projects like those in Cork and Galway are unlikely to see shovels in the ground during the lifetime of the next government:
