Up to 80 jobs are expected to come from the development of a greenway on the former railway linking Athlone and Mullingar, the department of transport has claimed. Junior minister … Read more
Junior transport minister Alan Kelly has announced €10 million in funding for greenways and on-road cycle routes across Ireland. The largest amount is to go to the Athlone to Mullingar … Read more
It was confirmed yesterday that the government are to spend €4 million on the Athlone to Mullingar section of the planned Dublin to Galway greenway which will mostly follow the … Read more
Ireland’s first off-road cross-country cycle route was proposed yesterday by Leo Varadkar, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Here’s what the minister and his department said:
The Department of Transport has outlined a full list of demonstration Smarter Travel projects, which it will fund or part fund. The cycling-related projects in the Dublin area are listed below in bold.
A total of 121 applications were received and funding is being made available for 30 of these projects. The fund is €15m fund over 5 years, €3m of which will be made available to the successful projects in 2010, including the below projects.
The department says, “The Minister set up this fund to support innovative sustainable travel projects and kick start delivery of the Smarter Travel agenda at a local level.”