Cork council to tackle antisocial behaviour in Mayfield's Tarry Path

The council has confirmed that it is assessing what can be done with the Tarry Park area of Mayfield, and is planning to place concrete blocks to prevent antisocial behaviour.

Fine Gael’s Joe Kavanagh asked the council to draw up plans to develop the access area located behind residential estates in Mayfield, known locally as “The Tarry Path”, where he said there have been “ongoing issues of fly tipping and a wide variety of antisocial behaviour”.

He said: “Over the years there have been many proposals for this area, such as creating a memorial park there, developing houses there, creating allotments there, opening the area up by clearing all the weeds and overgrowth, improving the public lighting and landscaping the terrain with grassed areas in the same way as at the back of Glenamoy Lawn and Ard Bhaile Estates,” calling for one of these or a combination to be pursued for the “very isolated area”.

The council’s Noel Murtagh, acting director of local area development and operations, said that extensive public consultation would be required before any plans are drawn up, and the largescale project would “require significant resources, which have not been allocated in the current budget”.

At the most recent meeting, he said that the senior parks and landscapes officer had engaged with other directorates in relation to plans for the area.

“Cork City Council’s housing delivery and regeneration department is at the feasibility assessment stage for the Tarry Path area,” he told Mr Kavanagh.

“The site topography and ground conditions are presently being established to inform the viability of infill housing and associated public realm. In due course, when initial feasibility is concluded an update will be provided.” 

He added that the Parks and Recreation department carried out a thorough clean-up of the path, and placed a concrete block on the Glenamoy end. They are looking at costing the installation of three bollards on the western Mount Brosna End to deter unauthorised access for vehicles (two fixed and one removable).