Hope expressed that Mullagh NS works will be funded under Safe Routes to School programme
APPEALS FOR a pedestrian crossing and lights plus the presence of a lollipop persons have been made for Mullagh National School.
Active Travel
Footpath works in Tulla may have paused but funds remain in place
*Photograph: Natasha Barton WORKS ARE ONGOING for the remaining section of footpath improvements in Tulla.
Quin needs ‘proper plan’ to improve its infrastructure
*Photograph: John Mangan A “PROPER PLAN” is needed for the growing village of Quin with repeated calls to improve the infrastructure in the area.
Further disabled parking spaces will improve universal accessibility of Ennis town centre
*A total of 78 disabled parking spaces are currently documented as being located in the Ennis MD. 78 disabled parking spaces are currently located across the Ennis Municipal District, with the vast majority of this figure located in the county town.
Council insist €4.5m of €5.9m Active Travel allocation will be spent by end of 2022
*Safe Routes to Schools are among the eligible criteria for Active Travel funding. €4.5M OF A €5.9M of an allocation for Active Travel will be spent in Clare by the end of this year, local authority officials have insisted.
TII safety concerns hold up €250k Lissycasey project
DESPITE making a successful application to the National Transport Authority (NTA), Clare County Council have been unable to complete footpath and public lighting works in the heart of Lissycasey.
‘The whole street is standing out’ – Sixmilebridge makeover praised
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WORKS IN SIXMILEBRIDGE need an overall view given the locality’s population increase over the past ten years, the village’s sole representative on Clare County Council has said.
Active Travel application plans to link Sixmilebridge school with GAA grounds & estate
AN ACTIVE TRAVEL application is to be prepared to link Sixmilebridge’s primary school, St Finnachtas NS with the village’s GAA grounds at O’Garney Park.
Council only drew down €1.3m of €5.9m allocation for Active Travel
JUST 22% of Clare’s allocation under the Active Travel Programme was drawn down in 2021.
‘Connecting & co-creating’ Ennis project submitted to NTA
*Photograph: John Mangan With funding guaranteed for a new walk and cycle way linking Ennis and Clarecastle, a fresh appeal for a blueway from Clarecastle to Ballyalla has been lodged.
