Tramore Valley Park

the beer revolu · 23-01-2018 12:46pm

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

you think Fitzgerald Park is not near the city? seriously? Sure perhaps Dubs living in places like Marino and Ringsend are saying the same thing about Cork's Fitzgerald Park

Fitzgerald Park is not near the city, it's in the city!

I would argue that it is also near the city centre but people have odd ideas about what is "near" or "central" in Cork.
The notion that McCurtain Street or North Main Street are "a bit out of town" is very prevalent when they are both about a minutes walk from St. Patrick's Street.

namloc1980 · 23-01-2018 1:03pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Fitzgerald Park is not near the city, it's in the city!

I would argue that it is also near the city centre but people have odd ideas about what is "near" or "central" in Cork.
The notion that McCurtain Street or North Main Street are "a bit out of town" is very prevalent when they are both about a minutes walk from St. Patrick's Street.

Fitzgerald Park is much closer to Patrick Street in Cork than the Phoenix Park is to O'Connell Street in Dublin. At least 1km closer.

opus · 30-04-2018 11:21am

Was out for a jog in that neck of the woods on Sunday & see someone has taken it into their own hands to 'unofficially' open access to the park!

opus · 04-05-2018 2:40pm

City Council planning Tramore Valley bridge

The site currently opens every weekend to facilitate users of the BMX track which has been laid but it is expected the site will be fully operational and open to the public by possibly September of this year.

It's been possibly opening every year for quite a while now

zilog_jones · 04-05-2018 2:57pm

What's the deal with it allegedly being open for use of the BMX track? Is this only for some club members or something? Would be nice if they opened it properly before having to wait for the bridges to be built...

opus · 04-05-2018 3:48pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

What's the deal with it allegedly being open for use of the BMX track? Is this only for some club members or something? Would be nice if they opened it properly before having to wait for the bridges to be built...

AFAIK there's no problem heading in there during the day when the recycling centre is open as know a good few go there for a jog or walking their dogs. In fact, given what someone did to the gate on the pedestrian entrance near Douglas, you can go in there anytime you like

zilog_jones · 04-05-2018 4:19pm

The recycling centre closes too early for me on a Saturday

I've checked the Douglas entrance (on Half Moon Lane?) a few times on Saturday afternoons and it was closed, but I guess it isn't now...

opus · 04-05-2018 4:35pm

It's the other pedestrian entrance here that's been doctored near the road in to Willow Park.

It was last Sun I was around there so could be fixed by now of course!

-Toppy- · 08-05-2018 11:20am

opus wrote: »

It's the other pedestrian entrance here that's been doctored near the road in to Willow Park.

It was last Sun I was around there so could be fixed by now of course!

/Confused, where do you mean down by tramore athletic?

opus · 08-05-2018 12:06pm

I mean the one in the map I linked to, not sure where tramore athletic is

-Toppy- · 09-05-2018 11:14am

The link opens for me on Willow park just by the gael scoil in douglas? Is that the right spot?

(I pass it alot so I am just trying to picture where the gate is!)

opus · 09-05-2018 11:38am

That's the spot, there's a walkway for ~1k that runs by the side of the link road and the gate in the pic I posted is at the far end of it.

opus · 14-05-2018 9:43pm

https://twitter.com/cllrkmac/status/996104798410821632

ScrubsfanChris · 15-05-2018 4:20pm

opus wrote: »

https://twitter.com/cllrkmac/status/996104798410821632

"Tramore Valley park en route to be open August 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018" :pac:

Treviso · 15-05-2018 5:03pm

That letter says Autumn 2018, not August.

snotboogie · 15-05-2018 6:27pm

Treviso wrote: »

That letter says Autumn 2018, not August.

Early Autumn which should be August but ya that extra bit of ambiguity isn't promising

whisky_galore · 17-05-2018 9:38am

opus wrote: »

That's the spot, there's a walkway for ~1k that runs by the side of the link road and the gate in the pic I posted is at the far end of it.

Found it.

Walkway looks unpleasant surrounded by prison grade fencing and appears well dodgy esp. as darkness starts to fall.

Local teens use it for drinking 'al fresco' ...

opus · 04-09-2018 11:35am

Opening delayed now 'til next year.

snotboogie · 04-09-2018 12:19pm

opus wrote: »

Opening delayed now 'til next year.

They’ve spent €40 million on it so far!?! This is a far bigger scandal than the Events Centre

ScrubsfanChris · 04-09-2018 1:26pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

"Tramore Valley park en route to be open August 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019" :pac:

Time to Update......
I've got 2020 standing by

-Toppy- · 04-09-2018 2:35pm

Got on to Eoin English on Twitter

https://twitter.com/EoinBearla/status/1036970230390640640
"I'll get an update....council ringfenced funding last Nov to get it open by the summer."

Will keep ya posted on anything back

Roger Hassenforder · 05-09-2018 8:44am

snotboogie wrote: »

They’ve spent €40 million on it so far!?! This is a far bigger scandal than the Events Centre

Was a lot of that capping the landfill, site civil works etc.?
At least with Tramore park we have something, it's just not open

opus · 05-09-2018 11:16am

For sure it's going to open officially eventually, even with the current situation people can head in there anytime the recycling centre is open.

-Toppy- · 07-09-2018 1:26pm

Some info on todays Echo -
https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Further-delays-to-opening-of-Tramore-Valley-amenity-park-fd967d17-2fdd-4edb-a365-24df6465eb92-ds

who_me · 07-09-2018 4:10pm

snotboogie wrote: »

They’ve spent €40 million on it so far!?! This is a far bigger scandal than the Events Centre

...in that case, you probably don't want to read up about the Bottlehill landfill...

opus · 07-09-2018 6:12pm

I'd forgotten about that! But to be fair it was Cork County Council who've blown €48 million there

BottlehillLanfillCorkAerial_large.jpg?width=648&s=ie-471217

opus · 14-09-2018 5:50pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Time to Update......
I've got 2020 standing by

Going by this article in the Examiner today, I fear you could be spot on

The full opening of a massive public park on the site of Cork’s former city dump is at least a year down the line, following confirmation it could cost at least €6m to provide “full and safe access” to the site.

€6m bill to make Tramore Valley Park safe for public

Rhys Essien · 14-09-2018 8:39pm

This is infuriating.Its going to cost another €6m but they’re unsure what for yet.They have to be the most dopiest incompetent Council in the World.

Cape Clear · 17-09-2018 2:22pm

Rhys Essien wrote: »

This is infuriating.Its going to cost another €6m but they’re unsure what for yet.They have to be the most dopiest incompetent Council in the World.

The events centre or lack there of is a small issue in relation to this.

Roger Hassenforder · 17-09-2018 4:08pm

opus wrote: »

I'd forgotten about that! But to be fair it was Cork County Council who've blown €48 million there

Might be a wind farm going in there

opus · 24-09-2018 7:58pm

https://twitter.com/cllrkmac/status/1044255614321532929

snotboogie · 08-01-2019 2:55pm

Work underway on new internal roads for the Tramore Valley Park

opus · 08-04-2019 11:36am

Latest I've heard on this is an opening date of mid-May. Hopefully it will happen this time.

zilog_jones · 09-04-2019 11:16am

There's certainly a lot of activity going on around the entrance of the recycling centre.

DriveSkill · 18-04-2019 8:19pm

https://twitter.com/corkcityparks/status/1118553401627955200

opus · 19-04-2019 5:53pm

Going to be managed by the Glen Resource Centre.

flo8s967qjh0nd · 19-04-2019 10:40pm

Rob Heffernan deserves to have the walk (and much more) named after him. Great athlete. That's not in question.
But, I thought there was a system in place to decide on the naming of publicly-owned pieces of infrastructure? We saw it recently with the naming of the new bridge on Merchants Quay. Names nominated needed to be dead for 10-years, council shortlisted names submitted by the public, etc.
As I said, the man more than deserves the accolade but if there is a system, shouldn't the council stick to it?

opus · 12-05-2019 3:09pm

Snuck in for a look through the hole in the fence earlier on (not the only one in there either!). Still a lot of work going near the entrance but markers are all down for the 5k loop.

namloc1980 · 22-05-2019 8:07pm

Officially opened today, two days before the local elections. We should have elections every 6 months - everything would get done. Anyone take a look yet?

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bluecherry74 · 22-05-2019 10:14pm

Duplicate post

bluecherry74 · 22-05-2019 10:16pm

Went out there this evening with my dogs. It needs work, but it's going to be fantastic in a few years when it matures. The car park and playing fields look great, but the main park area has a bit of a derelict feel to it, which is understandable given that its more or less been lying derelict for the past few years.

Hopefully now that it's open it'll gain momentum and more work / improvements will be carried out. Apparently they're seeking funding in the autumn for the footbridge across the South Ring linking the park to Grange, with building to start in 2020.That will be a huge boost.

The dogs loved it anyway, a new place to sniff about in!

blindsider · 22-05-2019 10:28pm

Where is the main entrance? Is it the same gate as the Recycling Centre - in the gate and turn left instead of right?

Thanks!

bluecherry74 · 22-05-2019 10:57pm

blindsider wrote: »

Where is the main entrance? Is it the same gate as the Recycling Centre - in the gate and turn left instead of right?

Thanks!

Yes, exactly.

skybowe · 23-05-2019 9:18am

Does anyone know if the entrance from the Douglas side (walk way by Tramore FC parallel to link) is open? I walked there last week and obviously the gate was closed/locked but since park open will this entrance/gate for pedestrians be open?
Also I hear it opens 8:30am 7days a week but what time does it close?

bluecherry74 · 23-05-2019 9:53am

skybowe wrote: »

Does anyone know if the entrance from the Douglas side (walk way by Tramore FC parallel to link) is open?

I met a park ranger in there last night and he said that gate will be permanently open from now on.

Main entrance opening hours are here:
http://tramorevalleypark.glencentre.ie/opening-hours/

Closing time change monthly depending on dusk, and there are signs all around the park with the current closing time on them.

skybowe · 23-05-2019 10:02am

Ah that's great, thanks for info.

opus · 23-05-2019 11:45am

Great to see it open but hopefully the entrance on Half Moon Lane will open sooner rather than later for pedestrian access as otherwise it's a long trek from town to Douglas & then along the path by the link road to get in there.

Hopefully the weekly parkrun on Sat mornings will come back on the agenda later on in the year.

namloc1980 · 23-05-2019 12:36pm

Having no pedestrian or cycle access on the city side or from Turner's Cross/Ballyphehane/Grange is a complete failure. Probably be years before it'll happen as well, if ever.

zilog_jones · 23-05-2019 1:40pm

There's an entrance already there at Half Moon Lane as opus said, but we'll have to see if it will be open to the public.

namloc1980 · 23-05-2019 1:52pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

There's an entrance already there at Half Moon Lane as opus said, but we'll have to see if it will be open to the public.

It isn't open. As announced yesterday Access via Half Moon Lane is not available and is currently under review.

Seems to be legal row over this access that won't be easily resolved. Mick Finn has been tweeting about it:

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No access from most of the city without a car is a failure anyway you cut it. Even if that access point was open still no access from the west without a car.

Tramore Valley Park

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