Vision of Cork city’s future 80 years downriver on exhibition

Engineers show how city on the Lee may  change in the next 80 years

John McCarthy BE CEng; Valerie Fenton, Chairperson Engineer's Ireland Cork Region and Brian McKeown, Chairperson of the RIAI Southern Region, three of the five judges in the Cork City 2101 Design Competition photographed in St. Peter's, North Main Street.,

VISIONS of how Cork city may look, move and interact in 80 years' time, 2101, as envisaged by engineers, are being presented from today at the city's Vision Centre, North Main Street.

They include dealing with floods and rising sea levels, tidal barrages, flooding or widening other areas along the Lee for leisure pursuits, such as a lido, as well as rewilded areas for nature.