Green Party back new Cork greenway along the River Lee

A proposal to develop one of the longest greenways in Ireland, along the River Lee to the Cork coast has received the backing of the Green Party.

The idea for the Lee to the Sea Greenway, which would run from the Inniscarra Dam to Crosshaven, was put forward this week by the chairman of the Cork Cycling Campaign chair, Dean Venables, in Campus Cycle Week in UCC.

The proposal would see the development of a new riverside greenway from Ballincollig to the Mardyke and a cycle lane through St Patrick’s St, which would join up with existing cycle lanes.