Chapter 6
Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
(vii) Submissions regarding the greenway adjacent to the Tramore Valley Park • Request that as part of the Lehenaghmore Road improvement that the 'Tramore Valley Park to Kinsale Road to Viaduct Greenway' be incorporated as an objective. • Request of a feasibility study for pedestrian / cycle between Togher and Tramore Valley Park upgrading the existing greenway adjacent to Tramore River and including a safe link across the Kinsale Road Park and Ride and N27 road. • Proposition of an Urban Greenway to be included in future plans for the city, based on the Cycle Network Plan of 2017 to link up all existing routes with planned cycle infrastructure at Tramore Valley and Kinsale Road. (viii) Submission supports a new greenway link connecting Passage Greenway. The submission includes a map with the proposed route linking Passage West to the Well Road/Douglas/ Ballinlough.
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Two additional pedestrian / cycle bridges are referred to in Table 6.11: Proposed City Park Network. Details on the provision of a bridge above the N40 and the Lehanaghmore Road Improvement schemes are more fully described in Chapter 4, Table 4.3 Walking and Cycling Improvements. Additional cycle routes and greenways are recommended in the GBI study and other might arise in the lifetime of the Plan. This is reflected in Objective 6.1 Cork City Green & Blue Infrastructure Study and Strategy. Proposals for an urban greenway, are reflected in table 6.4 City Scale Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities: Recommendation: No change.
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This route was not envisaged in the GBI study for a new greenway link. Selection of new greenways are addressed in Chapter 4, Objective 4.6 Recommendation: No change.
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