Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 October 2016
608. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the west Clare railway greenway from Ennis to Lahinch in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29669/16]
View answerClare County Council was awarded funding of €400,000 under the 2014 Government Stimulus Package for infrastructural development to construct Phase 1 of the West Clare Greenway from Ennis to Ballymaquiggan. Clare County Council have delivered a scaled back 3km of the proposed 4.5km cycleway as far as the Lees Road Sports Ground, and are not currently in a position to complete the remaining 1.5km due to local land ownership issues and financial constraints. The section completed can stand alone as a cycleway.
I understand that it is the intention of the Council to deliver this greenway in four phases as funding permits.
