Cork Simon welcomed the figures but said the numbers are small compared with the number of people in emergency accommodation and in receipt of notices to quit
The pedestrian bridge will connect Tramore Valley Park, located in the northern side of the N40, to the Grange Road, via a new 4m wide footpath and cycle lane.
Lands are on the Old Whitechurch Road, a site earmarked for hundreds of social homes, and at Nash’s Boreen, also earmarked for a substantial social housing project