Cork developments

Lovely new footpaths by The Marina already becoming a free for all with illegal parking. Including on the tactile paving. They'll be in bits in no time.

Only opened about two weeks. Pathetic really.

imagine if parking regulations were enforced

same lark in the Marina carpark, people parking just around the corner rather than going down a bit further to a parking spot. They are actually parking on the road.

Was down there yesterday. I like the new access road into PUC, but it will 100% be abused by people too lazy to park further down in the actual car park on the other side. There's one massive parking spot, presumably for bus parking, that will almost guaranteed, be full of cars and never have a bus in it.

Least they could do is put double-yellow lines there just around the corner. Not that it would stop them from dumping the cars there.

Should have probably known it was a waste of time asking for seating here but I think it's such wasted potential... one of the nicest areas in town.

27 apartments are the plan for this site I believe. It's on Old Market Place, just off Blarney street.

Ah stop. Really?!

The tidy towns have started maintaining the one in Blackpool and it looks well. But where it is is pointless. I don’t know why you’d want to sit there.

Yea, valid points I suppose.

The siting of those parklets left a lot to be desired , there was one in balincolig - next to a piece of paving wide enough that it'd be a square , glanmire was hiding near supervalue , theres actual small parks either side of south mall , the douglas one got very shabby ,

As usual the intention was great - but they need care -

Has anyone ever actually used them?

Maintenance as usual isn't a thing with Cork City Council. Saw one in Belfast today and they looked great.

No reason why we can't have nice things, with a city council that gives a damn..someday maybe.

I've sat on the one outside the Quay CoOp a few times when the weather was nice for a lunchtime snack & once on the one on Popes Quay for a phone call when I was walking past it.

The broken seating at corner of South Mall and Grand Parade has even made it to Google

Streetview!

Do CCC actually employ people for this type of general maintenance? General handyman skills? It seems everything no matter how small it is has to go through a procurement or tender process where an external company does the work, inflating costs and slowing everything down. You get farces like where south gate bridge was powerhosed on the graffiti sections only and not an inch more until a new contract was negotiated.