Design team to be appointed for 100-hectare public park on Cork's northside

New north-west regional park has been earmarked for a vast area just north of the Apple campus in Hollyhill

Development plan proposes a park that includes both active and passive recreational areas with interconnected spaces including parkland, natural green spaces, ecosystems, greenways and blueways. File picture: Denis Minihane

A design team should be appointed next month to draft a masterplan for a new 100-hectare public park proposed for the northside of Cork city.

Separately, work to identify the preferred route corridor for the planned new northern distributor road, which will run east-west across the city’s northside, is getting under way after a key report was approved last month.