Cork City Council recently appointed a multidisciplinary consultancy team led by OKRA Landscape Architects to undertake the Landscape Masterplan and the Detailed Design to planning stage of the proposed Marina Park. As part of this process , the Council are undertaking a public consultation process to determine the views of the public in relation to [...]
The existing concrete slipway at the Marina adjacent to the Lee Rowing Club was constructed in 1960. The slipway in recent years has deteriorated greatly, parting from the quay wall, and the fabric disintegrating. Council at a previous meeting of 24th June 2010 approved plans to replace the structure with a new floating pontoon, the [...]
Below is the text of the City Managers report that Council received earlier this week, Monday October 10th, on the sale of lands to facilitate to upgrade to Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The report was adopted by 24 votes to 6, I voted in favour of the Managers report. While I am aware of the frustrations and [...]
An Garda Síochána in conjunction with Cork City Partnership are holding an information event in the Millennium Hall on Tuesday 27th September 2011 at 10:30am. The focus of this event is on crime prevention and security for older people. Speakers will include: Sergeant Tony Davis, Crime Prevention Unit, Anglesea Street Garda Station, Sergeant Trevor Laffan, [...]
Due to the level of leaks arising, demand for water remains very high across the City network. Keyholders/caretakers are again asked to check their properties for leaks (schools, offices, commercial/industrial buildings, outside yards, vacant houses etc.). Water supplies should be switched off pending completion of any necessary repairs. City Council crews are working to repair [...]
Cork City Council’s Roads Maintenance division carried out full salting runs for the last six nights on defined salting routes which prioritise main traffic routes, bus routes and other areas such as those adjacent to hospitals, universities and schools. Footpaths and bridges are also salted especially in the city centre in areas of greatest pedestrian [...]
A review of the history of the locality surrounding the road which links the Skehard Road with the Mahon Golf course and Mahon Industrial Estate was carried out. This review has found that 25 inch maps from 1900 map shows an unnamed boreen off Skehard Road and the 1948 map shows a more developed road [...]
At a Roads and Transportation meeting recently, Councillors received a report of the traffic configuration on the Well Road. The ban on the right turn on the exit from Well Road onto Douglas Road was introduced in 2003 in order to improve the road safety and traffic flow at the junction. The problem was that [...]
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