I write in support of the following material amendments to the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028:
1) Amendment 1.48, which includes a bullet point within a new objective 2.x
…The plan will seek to co-ordinate the delivery of compact deliverable growth by facilitating the planning and design of the following land use related issues:
• Enable high levels of mobility connecting Bus Connects Cork, the proposed LRT route and the emerging Lee to Sea Greenway. …
And
2) Amendment 1.12, Ref. Fig. 2.8, Page 34, to amend legend in Core Strategy Map – Cork City 2040 to read Lee to Sea Greenway in the map legend.
Given the following points:
a) CMATS Implementation Chapter identifies the Lee to Sea Greenway as a short to medium term deliverable for the section between Ballincollig and Crosshaven. and
b) The significant benefits for the local economy, strategic transport commuter corridor, health and social factors, tourism and climate change,
I request the following additional amendments:
• That the same clarification ‘Lee to Sea Greenway’ is also made within map legend on the Cork City 2028 Map within Ch.2 Core Strategy
And
• That a specific objective is included within the Transport and Mobility chapter 4 (or included within the Core Strategy chapter 2) for the Flagship / Strategic Greenway to be delivered within the Plan Period.
The above proposed amends will support the application for future national funding throughout the Plan period.