Planning/design phase
Works Extent
An NTA funded project, designed in-house by Cork City Council’s Active Travel Team, this project includes a number of active travel works in the Northwest Local Electoral Area. Works include:
Phase 1 – Commencing Late 2024
- - New public lighting at the Fair Field
- - Footpath upgrades at Churchfield Road
- - New footpath and junction upgrade at Monacnappa, Blarney
- - New footpath at Shournagh Road
Objectives
- Improved facilities for pedestrians to provide more attractive infrastructure to help promote active travel;
- Enhanced accessibility for pedestrians to local services, places of work and bus stops by delivering dished paths with tactile paving and new paths on desire lines creating more direct routes;
- Reduction in road widths to be traversed by pedestrians and provision of safer pedestrian uncontrolled crossings;
- New public lighting designed to enhance inter-visibility between drivers and pedestrians at crossing points, and along new paths.
Timeline
Start: Construction to commence in May 2025
Finish: Works scheduled for completion by Q4 2025
For further information please contact Brendan O’Leary, A/Senior Executive Engineer at email brendan_oleary@corkcity.ie
