Cork City Council has signed a €900,000 contract today (16/2/10) with design consultants to prepare detailed plans for Cork Dockland’s public areas.

A consortium of consultants, headed by Mitchell and Associates Landscape Architects, will prepare designs for amenity areas along the North and South quays, the proposed District Centre Plaza on Centre Park Road, Kennedy Park and Monahan Road’s Linear Park. Specialist arts and culture advice is also being sought as part of the commission to ensure that the Dockland’s public spaces will be available for use as artistic performance space and for public art installations.

Pat Ledwidge, Director of Services for Cork Docklands Directorate, said: “The Docklands area offers an exciting opportunity to develop high quality, accessible public spaces for the people of Cork and visitors to our city to enjoy. In pressing ahead with the acquisition of design services for the public realm areas of the Docklands project, Cork City Council is reaffirming its commitment to the project”.

Dave Kirkwood, Managing Director of Mitchell + Associates said: “The Docklands is a groundbreaking development and offers a great opportunity for our Cork-based team to develop a public realm that reflects both the unique history and character of Cork, and also promotes Cork’s local, national and international standing. We are looking forward to undertaking this exciting project and to working with Cork City Council”.

For further information, please contact:

Seamus Coghlan,
Senior Engineer,
Cork City Council,
City Hall,
Cork.

Tel: (021) 4924627 or email: corkdocks@corkcity.ie

www.corkcity.ie

Edward Frampton,
Mitchell + Associates,
Webworks,
Eglinton Street, Cork.

Tel: (021) 4250662 or email: cork@mitchellassoc.net