This public realm and active travel scheme delivers a sub-regional park and a continuous, car-free riverside promenade. The Works included Atlantic Pond enhancements, flood-storage/SuDS “Blue Marina” infrastructure, accessible bridges and boardwalks, premium surfacing and granite kerbs, feature lighting, seating, signage and biodiversity measures, while protecting heritage assets. 

The winning project in this category is Marina Park and Promenade by designers O’Connor Sutton Cronin 

A 40 megalitre per day potable Water Treatment Plant replacing an older facility. The plant can be extended to 80 megalitre per day and currently provides water to over 70% of the City’s population. Site levels were raised significantly to prevent flooding by the river Lee with the scheme now protected against the 1 in 1,000 year flood event. The works included laying a connection to the Inniscarra Treatment Plant thus providing added resilience of supply. The Consulting Engineer had to overcome poor ground conditions, a restricted site, archaeology, and environmental impacts. (more…)