Cork County Council has launched a second period of public consultation on the proposed Cork to Kinsale Greenway project.
The local authority is inviting members of the public to have their say on the route corridor options for the proposed greenway.
Funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s (TII) greenway programme, the project is proposing to provide a Greenway between Cork city and Kinsale.
Greenway
Five route corridor options and two links for the proposed greenway have been developed following an initial public consultation in February and the completion of Phase 1, covering the concept and feasibility stage.
The project has now moved to the Phase 2 options selection which involves examining potential route corridor options to determine a preferred route corridor option.
During this stage all reasonable/feasible route corridor options are examined to identify a preferred route corridor option.
The second public consultation is being held online through the project website and is now open for submissions and will be available for five weeks, until Sunday, October 13, 2024.
The local authority said that submissions can also be made by post to the Cork National Roads Office.
There will also be two in-person public consultation events, one at The Viaduct, Old Bandon Road, Cork on Tuesday, September 17 and another at Acton’s, Kinsale on Wednesday, September 18.
The council said that both in-person sessions are due to run from 1:00pm to 8:00pm.
Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll said, “This is a significant project that aims to provide a sustainable, accessible, safe and attractive Greenway for locals and visitors to travel between two important tourist locations.
“I am encouraging members of the public to have their say, to view the maps and to engage with the team behind this project. It is vital that we have community input at every stage.”
Cork County Council said that the progression of the project, to Phase 3 and beyond is subject to TII approval and funding availability, as well as securing the necessary statutory consents including planning.