Plans applied for €135m residential development for Jacob’s Island, Cork

Developers Hibernia Star Ltd are looking to build a €135 million residential development for Jacob’s Island in Co Cork.

They seek to build 556 apartments across four blocks, ranging from nine to 11 storeys.

Of the apartments, these include 150 one-beds, 402 two-beds, one three-bed and three three-bed duplexes.

Across the blocks, block 11 will range from one to eight storeys with 164 apartments. Block 12 will have a height of three to nine storeys with 51 apartments. Meanwhile, Block 14, at four to seven storeys, will host 140 apartments. And Block 15 will have 201 apartments across five to eight storeys.

All buildings will provide bicycle parking, car parking, substation, bin store, and plant rooms.

Infrastructural Upgrades at Jacob’s Island

In order to make way for new residents, developers also look to bring infrastructural upgrades to Long Shore Avenue and the Mahon Interchange. This includes additional lanes, upgraded road parkings and new footpaths and cycle paths.

There is plans to introduce an additional flare traffic lane on N40 Slip Road on the Mahon interchange, as well as the removal of a central median to improve swept paths.

On the Jacob’s Island side, another central median would be removed to make way for a bus lane and shared pedestrian or cycle paths.

On Long Shore Avenue, there is provisions for additional crossings and the modification of the existing roundabout.

Plans include hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, and the installation of a noise attenuation screen along the north-east of the site.

Developers put forward plans to Cork City Council at the end of January this year.

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