Save Cork City: No Choice But To Launch Legal Challenge Against Plans For €6m Docklands Project
The High Court has granted SCC permission to apply for a judicial review of the Albert Quay plan
Save Cork City have lodged an application for a judicial review into the planning process of the Cork City Docklands to City Centre Road Network Improvement Scheme.
The group say they have no problem with the public realm element of the development, which includes a bus and cycle lane as well as a pontoon on Albert Quay, however they strongly object to incorporating flood defences in the plan.
The Council say the project, which includes works on the Old Blackrock Road and Victoria Road is essential to kick-start development in the South Docks.
Speaking to RedFM News, John Hegarty from Save Cork City says the inclusion of flood defences in the plan raises several questions:
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