Cork developments

Cool - good to know things are moving ( but at what cost ) ..

I always thought black ash should be a transport hub as well as a park and ride , ( so bike parking as well as car parking , a way for any coaches on the south link to pick up and drop off , and any local buses stopping as well ...

Which would suit high density schemes like CMP one , .

They will help alleviate demand but a good chunk of the list are build to rent (Horgans Quay) or social housing (St Kevins & Lancaster Gate) and anything that comes up for private sale will be €350k+ so not exactly fantastic news especially when any new apt will most likely be €1600-2000 per month to rent

It's the AHB's rather than the Councils that are bulk buying at the moment but point still stands. You'd wonder is the balance out of kilter at the moment with too much social housing and not enough private for sale?

Not having new roads and schools isn't a reason to stop building houses. Builders/Developers can help the housing crisis by building houses. Government need to step up with the second part.

"We need to build more houses to tackle the housing crisis, except this particular proposal which I have objections to"

A chunk of the sale price of those houses includes the planning fees and council contribution fees the developer has to pay, these are meant to go upgrading infrastructure outside the site, this is a scam on house buyers if the councils just take the cash and never actually do the works.

The real question is "Why aren't Cork City council doing more road and public transport upgrade works to free up large scale development sites to help alleviate the housing crisis?"

And also "Where the hell is Cork's light rail system or that Monard new town that they have been shiteing on about for decades?"

So is the suggestion that we should stop housing development till we upgrade country roads?

Have a look at what happened in Glanmire behind the AIB to see how roads can easily be upgraded during development.

Have a look at the enrolment numbers in Mayfield Com and surrounding schools if you're worried about schools (hint: it's the most undersubscribed school in the country).

We need houses, badly, in this country. It's the number one issue that affects everyone. I love a cycle path but lets get real here, young people haven't a hope of buying houses at the moment, there's more homeless families than ever before.

A housing crisis is no reason to do away with sensible planning and development.

It seems that we never learn from the mistakes of the past.

Has anyone heard any updates on the the affordable housing development on Boherboy Road? Latest update I can find is an article from last month.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/zero-affordable-purchase-homes-set-to-be-delivered-by-government-by-end-of-2021-41172783.html

“In the first phase of the Boherboy Road scheme in Co Cork, nine affordable purchase homes will be delivered early next year.

These will be a mix of two- and three-bedroom properties, with the two-bedroom homes costing €218,000 and three-bedroom homes costing €243,000.”

What roadworks are happening on south Douglas road from the 7th of February that are going to take 21 weeks? Saw a sign up on a pole today

Great that they are addressing it but it's a very poor design. Allowing the access road for Willow Park, the Gaelscoil, the Tramore Valley Park and Tramore Athletic to cross the N40 exit slip road is going to impact heavily on the N40 exit slip road, reducing throughput considerable. There is no need for this - there was plenty of space to move this access road and allow the N40 exit slip road flow straight to the South Douglas Road Junction. Now it will require an additional set of traffic lights on the slip road causing traffic to back up. And the success of the overall scheme will absolutely depend on them sorting out the traffic dlflows through the junction on the other side of the flyover, which is the cause of most of the delays at present.

Doesn't seem like fantastic value for money at €294k each, anyone know if they had to buy the site?

Built on the former grounds of Farranferris College, the estate includes 68 three-bed houses, eight two-bed houses, and 10 three-bed bungalows.

Built by developers Citidwell, at a cost per home of €294,000, the homes were funded through a combination of private finance from the Housing Finance Agency and a loan from the Department of Housing.

The closure of the portion of footpath to facilitate the student housing development is most frustrating. Coupled with the area that is still cordoned off due to the unstable building further up the street...