Designs for a 4km stretch of the the Old Bandon Railline Greenway are to open for public consultation next month.
The urban greenway would link the Chetwynd Reservoir to the Kinsale Road roundabout, at a cost of 5 million euro.
The Echo is reporting today that Cllr Dan Boyle says the cycleway should be seen primarily as a transport corridor rather than a tourism amenity.
Ultimately, the council hopes the route would link into a proposed 36km greenway to Kinsale and Bandon.
