2025 the target for opening of West Clare Greenway
A completion date of 2025 has been earmarked for the West Clare Greenway.
A completion date of 2025 has been earmarked for the West Clare Greenway.
An appointment of technical advisors to work on the planning and detailed design of a 20km section of the West Clare Greenway between Kilrush and Kilkee is expected to be announced in March while councillors have stressed the need to connect to towns and villages to maximise its chance of success.
248 new jobs in local authorities to expand walking and cycling facilities all over the country have been announced by the Department of Transport.
Planning permission has been granted for the development of 27 houses in Lahinch.
Seán Lenihan has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Clare Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA).
An expenditure of €131m is included in Clare County Council’s revenue budget which puts a priority on local SMEs, housing, town enhancement plans and rural regeneration while future capital projects such as the West Clare Greenway, Blake’s Corner and the Killaloe Bypass are identified for progression.
Absence of Clare projects in €63.5m worth of funding announced this week for Greenways is not reason to spark concern, one of the county’s seven Oireachtas members has outlined.
A lack of progress on a greenway section from Ennis to Lahinch has been criticised by a county councillor with others stressing the need for the public to see the West Clare Greenway is progressing.
Ennis councillors have cautioned that a section in the northern side of the town would limit the functionality of the West Clare Greenway if improvements are not put in place.
West Clare’s Greenway will “surpass anything” offered by their Waterford and Mayo equivalents, key personnel behind the planned project have stated.