Frustration at lack of masterplan for Cobh lands

Councillors call for land in Newtown area of Cobh to be developed for housing and sporting facilities

Councillors asked council engineer to do something about speeding on the Fota Road, saying local residents were worried about the speed of some of the vehicles which pass through the area. Picture: Larry Cummins

Local councillors have express frustration at the lack of a masterplan to open up a major tract of land for housing/sports grounds in Cobh and the fact adjoining Carrigtwohill — now the seventh largest town in the county — still does not have a library.

A meeting of the Cobh Municipal District Council heard Labour councillor Cathal Rasmussen criticise council bosses for not putting together a masterplan for 57 acres of council-owned land in Newtown, Cobh.