Lee to Sea: Joined-up thinking could create a 45km greenway through Cork City and County

Campaigners proposing a green route through Cork cite international examples which they say offer compelling evidence that the whole community would benefit from the development

The Lee to Sea campaign advocates joining up routes — from this one in Inniscarra through Ballincollig, Cork City, the Marina, and on the path of old railway lines to Passage, Carrigaline, and Crosshaven — to create the 45km route for cyclists and walkers.

Campaigners have challenged politicians and policymakers to think big and fast-track the development of a 45km cycling and walking superhighway in Cork.

They said the ambitious Lee to Sea project — a continuous greenway from Inniscarra Dam some 15km west of Cork City, through the heart of the city and onwards via Mahon and Passage West to Cork Harbour — would be a life-enhancing, carbon-reducing and money-saving asset if the political will was there to build it.