The detail and individual objectives within the city docks area plan or highly commendable and receive my full support.
However, the proposal to permit over 10,000 parking spaces within in the city docks would doom the development to just being just another car-dominated suburban-style space rather than the innovative urban centre which is imagined in the document. The number of car parking spaces needs to be dramatically reduced.
I am very supportive of the concept of mobility hubs but a mobility hub should not be a car-dominated space otherwise it will be perceived as a car park with some extra bells and whistles. The proposed 300 car parking spaces at each mobility hub must be reduced by at least 90% to produce mobility hubs where public and active travel along with micromobility received equal billing with car parking.
The majority of apartment residents in Cork city do not possess a car and do not use a car even when free parking is provided. The plan vastly overestimate the amount of parking which would be used by residents and workers in the area even if no encouragement to move from private cars towards active and public transport were present. Given that the vast majority of existing accommodation in the city has excessive car parking this area should be developed with minimal to no parking within the area.
The floor area ratios outlined in tables 10.3 and 10.4 are far below what is to be expected in an urban area which is not dominated by car parking and should be increased to reflect the vision of the plan this will also allow a very substantial increase in the number of new homes which can be accommodated in the development