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18th July 2019

Start of Petition In Favour of High-Rise Buildings in Cork

Cork City Quays: A (CGI) image of the proposed new 25-storey JCD Group residential development on the Carey's Tool Hire and former Sextant bar site AFLOAT adds is located at Albert Quay. Opposite at this stretch of the River Lee is the Port of Cork City Marina located on South Custom House Quay.

A former Fine Gael candidate Julie O’Leary has started a petition in favour of high-rise, high-density development in the docklands.

The petition, reports EchoLive, was signed by close to 400 people in its first few hours online, comes after a flurry of planning applications for tower complexes in the docklands area.

Though the scale and design of the planned towers have been controversial, Ms O’Leary said that developments like these are key for Cork to grow.

“The key to unlocking Cork’s potential is building high density and high rise development in and near the city centre,” she said.

“The Docklands and Tivoli will be key areas for this type of development, but we need to look at all our options within a reasonable distance of the city centre.”

She said that high-density developments would lead to less traffic, greater availability of housing, better public transport, and less urban sprawl.

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