New unit to help deliver ambitious plans to transform Cork City's docklands area

The LDA is teaming up with the local authority to set up a Cork Docklands Delivery Office which will help facilitate the development programme

It is envisaged there will be a mix of housing and supporting public infrastructure in the Cork City Docklands alongside a range of building by private developers, on 146 hectares of land. Picture: Larry Cummins

Plans to transform Cork City's docklands area have moved a step closer after the Land Development Agency and the City Council announced they are partnering to help deliver the ambitious, 20-year project.

The agency which has only existed for two years is teaming up with the local authority to set up a Cork Docklands Delivery Office which will help facilitate the development programme. It is envisaged there will be a mix of housing and supporting public infrastructure alongside a range of building by private developers, on 146 hectares of land that would ultimately accommodate 25,000 people, a workforce, and a student population of 3,700.