N25 - Midleton to Youghal [planning and design to commence 2023]

I had suggested something like the drawing below, on the footprint of the existing roundabout. The cycle and pedestrian way at the eastern side is now at ground level, along with the roundabout to enable local N/S movement and join/leave N25 to and from Cork.

This is a limited-access junction, that facilitates only To-Cork/From-Cork motions (the overwhelming majority of movements at Lakeview) - I think this would be the best way to keep an access to N25 here in the limited space available, and it also allows the pedestrian link to be unobstructed by any road crossing. I expect the scheme to include a properly-sized full-access junction at the east of Midleton for other movements in and out of Midleton.

Yes, in decades of driving through here, I cannot remember ever seeing anyone on this bridge.

N for “Never”. “M→Y” months become years. Seriously, any attempts to read things into a logo that was most likely hacked together using AI is not going to yield any insights on the project.

This will never be under motorway regulations, because Cork County Council has repeatedly prevented the N25, N20 and N22 approaches to Cork city being motorways, because motorways require parallel routes for prohibited traffic, and the budget for maintaining those would have to come from… Cork County Council.

If you’re taking bets on cross-section, I’ll say 2+2 like the Macroom bypass. Anything wider will require huge disruption or a complete re-route at Midleton, and would be grossly over capacity as soon as you get beyond Castlemartyr.