Rural bus routes enhanced in Clare
THREE BUS ROUTES in Clare are to be enhanced as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan for 2023 with two new services announced for the county.
THREE BUS ROUTES in Clare are to be enhanced as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan for 2023 with two new services announced for the county.
THE National Transport Authority (NTA) intends to have the design and locations of stops for the new Ennis bus service completed by the first half of 2023, a meeting has been told.
*Photograph: PL Chadwick ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES are preventing students from walking or cycling to school in Bridgetown.
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE CONFIDENT that the business case for reopening the Crusheen stop on the Western Rail Corridor is stronger than ever.
*It is eighteen years since proposals were first made for a town bus service. IMPORTANCE OF A TOWN BUS service for Ennis cannot be underestimated, a senior official of Clare County Council has said while a long-serving councillor has lamented the “snail’s pace” at which progress is moving.
*Photograph: John Mangan A “PROPER PLAN” is needed for the growing village of Quin with repeated calls to improve the infrastructure in the area.
KILMIHIL has been described as “a very confusing place for a pedestrian”.
*Buses en route to the Cliffs of Moher. BUS OPERATORS who did not use allocated routes to the Cliffs of Moher should not be allowed to part at the visitor centre, a North Clare councillor has argued.
*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.
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.