[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
SEA Interim Monitoring Report for the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Two-Year Progress Review
(Phase1); MacCurtain Street Public Transport Improvement Scheme; Tramore Valley Park to Grange Road Greenway (including Vernon Mount Bridge); Knapp’s Square and Lower John’s Street Area Pedestrian and Cycle Measures; and Glanmire Road Improvement Scheme. There are also a number of schemes currently under construction, such as Glanmire to City Cycle Route (Phase 1), Marina Promenade, Mahon Street Renewal Scheme and Upper Glanmire Pedestrian Safety Scheme, and many other schemes at various design stages. The delivery of these schemes aligns with the City Development Plan, the Cork Cycle Network Plan and the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy. Cork City Council have also supported the NTA in the expansion of the Cork Bikes scheme. As identified by the Central Statistics Office’s 2022 Census data, in 2022, c. 19.2% of the City’s population aged 5 years and over regularly travelled to work, school or college on foot or by bike, while c. 52.3% travelled by car (includes car passengers). These levels are comparable to levels seen in other local authority areas that have a mix of urban and rural land uses. Historically (2022 and before), with respect to travel to work: There has been a recent reduction in the car mode share for employees primarily driven by an increase in ‘working from home’; Cork City Council performs comparatively well in terms of active travel – outperforming other urban local authorities such as South Dublin and Fingal; and Public transport usage in Cork City increased only slightly while the other regional cities experienced significant growth in their public transport modal share. Historically (2022 and before), with respect to travel to school: There has been a dramatic drop in the number children walking and cycling to school since the early 90s (~50% reduction) most of which are now being driven; Cork City performs poorly with respect to public transport usage by students, the rural School Transport scheme provides greater public transport accessibility to rural counties; Generally, Cork City has a higher-than-average student modal share by car compared to other urban centres in the State; and Public Transport usage by students has increased by 14% between 2016 and 2022 in Cork City. Air There were two exceedances of PM 10 (particulate matter with diameter of 10 microns or less) at Cork Heatherton Park Air Quality Monitoring Station (on 16/12 and 17/12) and two exceedances of PM 10 reported at Cork South Link Road Air Quality Monitoring Station (also on 16/12 and 17/12) reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin in 2022, likely due to solid fuel burning on cold evenings. There are 35 exceedances of the limit allowed in the year until the limit for PM 10 is deemed to be breached. There were various exceedances of the PM 10 limit reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin in 2022 for other Air Quality Monitoring Stations across the country. There were no exceedances of NO 2 (Nitrogen Dioxide) or O 3 (Ozone) reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin at Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Cork City in 2022. There were two exceedances of PM 10 at Cork Glanmire Road Air Quality Monitoring Station (on 1/12 and 2/12) and one exceedance of PM 10 at Cork Heatherton Park Air Quality Monitoring Station (on 2/12) reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin in 2023, likely due to solid fuel burning on cold evenings. There are 35 exceedances of the limit allowed in the year until the limit for PM 10 is deemed to be breached. There were various exceedances of the PM 10 limit reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin in 2023 for other Air Quality Monitoring Stations across the country. There were no exceedances of NO 2 or O 3 reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin at Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Cork City in 2023. There has been one exceedance of PM 10 at Cork Glanmire Road Air Quality Monitoring Station (on 16/1) reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin thus far in 2024 (up until 30/4). There are 35 exceedances of the limit allowed in the year until the limit for PM 10 is deemed to be breached. There has been various exceedances of the PM 10 limit reported by the EPA’s Air Quality Bulletin thus far in 2024 (up until 30/4)
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