Critical path: Tensions blow up over preferred route for Cork's Lee to Sea greenway

Decision to route path along busy road rather than on the waterside have angered some — but residents have defended the choice

The plan to link existing routes to form a 45km walking and cycling path through Cork City and County has run into controversy on the Rochestown Rd, near Harty's Quay on the Douglas Estuary. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Tensions over a proposed greenway have heightened after Cork City Council's decision to route a section of the proposed Lee to Sea greenway alongside a busy road rather than on the shores of the Douglas Estuary.

Campaigners for the cycle and walkway wanted it developed on the water's edge rather than on the Rochestown Rd, but some residents whose gardens back onto the estuary objected.