Rapid Deployment Pedestrian Scheme 2024 – North West LEA
Planning/design phase
Works Extent
An NTA funded project, designed in-house by Cork City Council’s Active Travel Team, this project includes a number of active travel works in the Northwest Local Electoral Area. Works include:
Phase 1 – Commencing Late 2024
- - New public lighting at the Fair Field
- - Footpath upgrades at Churchfield Road
- - New footpath and junction upgrade at Monacnappa, Blarney
- - New footpath at Shournagh Road
Phase 2 – To Commence in 2025 (Subject to funding)
- - Footpath upgrades at John F Connolly Road
- - Riverview Estate, Tower
- - Old Mallow Road (north of Bride Bridge to junction of Rathpeacon Road)
- - Fairfield Avenue x Fairfield Road Junction upgrade
Type of works include a variety of new footpaths, upgrading/widening existing paths, junction build outs, tactile paving, new/upgraded public lighting, and new/upgraded storm-water drainage.
Objectives
- Improved facilities for pedestrians to provide more attractive infrastructure to help promote active travel;
- Enhanced accessibility for pedestrians to local services, places of work and bus stops by delivering dished paths with tactile paving and new paths on desire lines creating more direct routes;
- Reduction in road widths to be traversed by pedestrians and provision of safer pedestrian uncontrolled crossings;
- New public lighting designed to enhance inter-visibility between drivers and pedestrians at crossing points, and along new paths.
Timeline
Start: Construction to commence in Q4 2024
Finish: Scheduled for completion by Q4 2025
For further information please contact Brendan O’Leary, A/Senior Executive Engineer at email brendan_oleary@corkcity.ie
