Table 6.4: City Scale Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities.
City Scale Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities (refer to map)
1. Lee to Sea Greenway
Support the design and delivery of the Lee to Sea Greenway as a traffic-free corridor for movement, biodiversity and as a regional tourism asset within Cork City. Provide a corridor for wildlife move- ment, protection of natural resources and other GBI spaces where feasible. Develop Urban Drainage Strategies for City Docks and Tivoli Docks to integrate best practice climate change actions that combine water management with the creation and protection of a new GBI networks with amenity, recreation, wildlife and placemaking benefits that enhance the distinctiveness of Corks Docklands. Support the improvement of Glen Valley Park as a high value multi- functional GBI space providing an enhanced riverside amenity route connecting to residential, retail and employment zones in area and the delivering increased biodiversity, recreational and flood relief measures. To support the provison of safe, off-road access from Vernon Mount to Tramore Valley Park that connects Grange/Frankfield to the city, provides public access to the eastern wooded valley. To support the provison of safe, off-road access from Vernon Mount to Tramore Valley Park that connects Grange/Frankfield to the city and, provides public access to the eastern wooded valley. Support actions and funding applications to progress the develop- ment of two new City Parks in the North East and North West of the City that promote a range of both passive and active recreation and utilise GBI to enhance biodiversity and promote active travel. Support actions and projects that promote and deliver rewilding, rewetting and reafforestation in Cork City to create best practice GBI asset that benefit communities, health and the environment and enhance species richness using ecologically- friendly management. Support actions and projects that improve and enhance the potential for water-based recreation within and along the River Lee and Cork Harbour including access points for recreational users. Adopt new approaches to overcome gaps in baseline data for ecology, biodiversity and natural heritage at the city level and develop a successful approach for its use at an early stage in development planning.
Biodiversity and Greening Plan
2. City Docks and Tivoli Docks Urban Drainage Strategies
3. Glen Valley Park Project
4. Cork City Tree Planting and Management Strategy
5. Vernon Mount Park Project
6. New City Parks in the
North East and North West of the City
7. Rewilding, Rewetting and Reafforestation Projects
8. Activating Blue Corridors in Cork
9. Ecology, Biodiversity
and Natural Heritage Data Project for Cork City
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