The future of cork city centre is almost free of motor traffic. Let's get on with it now.

Uimhir Thagarta Uathúil: 
CRK-C155-DEV21-358
Stádas: 
Submitted
Aighneacht: 
Sustainable future Cork: it's time to move
Údar: 
Andrew Smith
Comhairliúchán: 
Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028

6. Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity

Caibidil: 
Volume 1 - Written Statement » 6. Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and ...

Green blue infrastructure study page LUC I 204 states: “the medieval street patten in the City Centre is not conducive to high volumes of peak time vehicular traffic.”. This really is the same thing as saying that it is not suitable for significant volumes of vehicles that are the size of a car or larger. Which leads us to our primary recommendation: that Cork immediately starts on the trajectory to making the City Centre a zone that is free of private cars.

In the interests of air quality and contributing to national climate targets (Climate Amendment Act 2021), we also recommend that Cork sets itself a target for the City Centre to be free of combustion by 2035. This should cover all traffic, as well as stationary applications such as heating appliances.

Main opinion: 

The city centre was not built for motor traffic. Removing private cars from it should be a core objective of the development plan, and should be implemented before the end of the plan's lifetime.

Main requests: 

Start planning for the end of private cars in the city centre now.

Main reasons: 

Cork city centre deserves better than to be used as driveway and car park.