The Office of Public Works intends over the next four years to complete the restoration of the Royal Canal as a navigable waterway at an estimated cost of approximately £7 million. The following are the principal works involved and they will be undertaken on a rolling basis over the 1995 to 1999 period.
1. Dredging and channel lining works west of Mullingar.
2. Installation of breast and deep gates.
3. Raising of banks and repairing leaks.
4. Construction of a new bridge at Mullingar (Moran's Bridge).
5. Construction of a new lifting bridge at Newcomen Junction, North Strand Road, Dublin.
6. Reconstruction of Tarkett Footbridge, Mullingar.
7. Removal of footbridge to the east of Scanlan's Bridge, Mullingar.
8. Replace Webb's Culvert, Abbeyshrule with a suitable bridge subject to agreement with Longford County Council.
9. Replace Longford Bridge Culvert, Ballymahon with a bridge.
10. Replace Pake Bridge Culvert, Terlicken, Ballymahon with a bridge.
11. Investigation and identification of sources for additional water supply and execution of necessary works.
12. Reconstruction works at Ballymaglavy Bog.
13. Replace Mosstown Bridge Culvert, Keenagh with a bridge.
14. Replace Lyneen Bridge Culvert, Keenagh with a bridge.
15. Replace Begnagh Bridge Culvert, Kilashee with a bridge.
16. Stop-gate manufacture, installation and chamber repairs at the Blackwater Aqueduct and Down's Bridge.
17. Reconstruction works at Cloonbreany Bog.
18. Reconstruction works at Begnagh Bog.
19. Construction-reopening of the terminus at the Longford Branch.
20. Establishment of premises and other facilities necessary for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the waterway and recruitment of operational staff.
21. Replace Knockabog and Churchlands Bridges (Longford Branch).
22. Landscaping, provison of fish stands, installation of safety chairs in chambers, mains water, pumpout facilities and service units and moorings.