'Eye-watering' cost of Cork active travel route will have major benefits for citizens, council told

Glanmire to city centre 4.9km active travel route will include segregated cycle and pedestrian infrastructure, public seating areas, landscaping and a play area

The infrastructure proposed on Penrose Wharf as part of the Glanmire to Cork active travel route.

A Green Party councillor has described as “eye-watering” the €15m price tag for a cycling and walking corridor between Glanmire and Cork city centre but insists the benefits will be enormous.

Cllr Oliver Moran made his comments at Monday’s meeting of Cork City Council, where city councillors approved the Part 8 planning consent for the Glanmire to city centre (phase 2) scheme — a 4.9km active travel route that will run east-west from the N8 Dunkettle roundabout to Horgan’s Quay in the city centre.