Section of popular Cork greenway reopens after 15-month revamp

The improved route now has new access ramps, more than 2,000 recently planted trees, CCTV and environmentally sensitive public lighting

(Left to right) Laura Quinn, Adrian Quinn, Project Manger Cork City Council, Jennifer Quinn and Gerard McMahon, Senior Resident Engineer Cork City Council on the Cork City to Passage West Greenway. Photo: Darragh Kane

The Blackrock to Rochestown leg of the Cork-Passage Greenway has reopened after 15 months of major works aimed at making it safer and more accessible.

Cork City Council unveiled the improved route, which now has new access ramps, more than 2,000 recently planted trees, CCTV and environmentally sensitive public lighting - albeit with criticism that some parts of the new scheme, such as ramps around the old Blackrock railway station, were unnecessarily complicated and even potentially hazardous.