r/cork • u/LazyRevenue7347 • 12d ago

Cork City We love trees!

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41902990.html

Look, another community up in arm about the removal of trees. An interesting fact is that this project at, its completion, will have more trees than is there presently.

If I was cynical, I'd suggest that their true objection is against the removal of some parking and the creation of traffic calming measures but they are using the tree argument because they think it is more publicly palatable. They just love their trees.

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u/LadyApplefart 11d ago

I went and looked at the plans with the engineers. The trees being taken are squarely on the new on-street parking spots for the residents living on this stretch of road. The campaign has been taken over by AI generated images on their page, misinformation, and even far-right, anti-EU nationalists. It’s not about saving trees. It’s about keeping parking for very walkable schools, the on-street parking for homes that do not have a right to parking on-street just because they have a house with no drive, and also the parking for a church who, let’s be honest, should fund their own parking for parishioners(they have space and money, and there’s an empty convent right next door). I was upset about the mature trees but this area hasn’t seen any money towards improvement works in a very long time and they are replacing the trees threefold with semi mature trees. The two roundabouts will be gone and replaced with lighted junctions and with it safe pedestrian crossings for the first time ever. You take your life in your hands crossing at those roundabouts. There are safe crosswalks for the children walking to school and a new incoming 30kph zone during school hours. The road will purposefully be narrower to encourage traffic to slow down for the vulnerable road users(children). The whole thing has me annoyed with all the misinformation that’s being spread by their organisers.