[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
The following significant GBI projects are being progressed across Cork City:
2023, linking Grange and Frankfield to Tramore Valley Park and onwards to Douglas and the city centre. Cork City Council has also acquired 13-acres of woodland as part of the project to increase the overall biodiversity and greening within the area. New city parks in the northeast and northwest of the City Following a detailed tendering process, a multidisciplinary design team was appointed in May 2024 to prepare a masterplan of the northwest city park. The new park will create green linkages between the city and its hinterland, complimenting biodiversity and providing important economic, leisure, health and environmental benefits to the northwest quadrant of the city. Initial scoping in relation to the further northeast city park is due to commence. Rewilding, rewetting and reafforestation projects Cork City Council supports actions and projects that promote and deliver rewilding, rewetting and reafforestation in Cork City to create best practice GBI assets that benefit communities, health and the environment, and enhance species richness using ecologically friendly management. The Council operates an annual Community Heritage Grant Scheme to support community groups carry out a variety of biodiversity projects. The implementation of the Tramore Valley Park Biodiversity Action Plan is ongoing as is the continued rollout of the Bat Enhancement Project, including bat box installation in several locations. The restoration of Blarney Bog is ongoing, as are projects addressing invasive species management at Beaumont Quarry, swift box installation and monitoring under the Swift Project and the Sand Martin Nest Creation Project at The Lough. Cork City Council is also continuing to roll out its Japanese Knotweed Treatment Programme and Herbicide Reduction Programme (except
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Lee to Sea Greenway This project supports the design and delivery of the greenway as a traffic-free corridor for movement, biodiversity and as a regional tourism asset. Route selection is underway with the NTA, with a preferred route to be determined in Q4, 2024. City Docks & Tivoli Docks Urban Drainage Strategies Cork City Council intends to develop urban drainage strategies for City and Tivoli Docks, integrate best practice climate actions that combine water management with the creation of a new GBI network that enhances Cork’s distinctive docklands. The City Docks urban drainage study was completed in 2022 and is being integrated into the Cork Docklands Framework Masterplan to be finalised in 2024.
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Cork City Tree Planting & Management Strategy
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Cork City Council adopted its first ever City Tree Strategy on 8th April 2024. The strategy provides baseline data on existing trees in the city and sets out 13 internal policies and 34 actions that Cork City Council will undertake to protect and enhance the city’s canopy coverage. The strategy recognises the importance of collaboration in planting, caring and managing trees in our city and was developed as a collaborative initiative across several Directorates in Cork City Council. Further outreach and information sessions to support the use and delivery of the actions outlined in the strategy will be delivered throughout 2024 and 2025. Vernon Mount Park Project This project seeks the provision of safe off- road access between Vernon Mount and Tramore Valley Park that connects Grange and Frankfield to the city and provides public access to the eastern wooded valley. The Vernon Mount pedestrian and cycle bridge over the N40 opened in November
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