Brian O'Connell

Residents of neighbouring estates would point to a lot of support from several local councillors in their stance.

The issue is they see it is not about segregation.

It's about ensuring additional traffic is not diverted into what they say are residential estates.

Now, we spoke

to two of the residents, Louise Hannie.

She's resident in Woodview for 44 years.

She's on the Residence Committee.

And we'll also hear from Martin Leonard, who's committee president.

This is some of what they had to say.

And you know what some of the accusations are, Louise, that this is a kind of an us and them.

It's a form of segregation, even some people have said.

How do you feel about that?

Like I was taken aback a little bit today when I saw so many walls.

Has there ever been an opportunity for residents in Mairos who may benefit from this and from the likes of yourselves to sit down in a room and to try and come to an agreement somehow?

What do the council have to say in response?

Well, the council said this access route will remove physical barriers that currently exist between communities.

They acknowledge concerns raised by residents.

They've undertaken extensive consultation.

In fact, they've had over a thousand submissions in relation to public consultation.

They're all being carefully reviewed now.