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Carlow & Kilkenny to get close to €2,000,000 for cycleways & footpaths

A further half a million euro has also been allocated between the two counties for climate change adaptations

Towns across the country are set to get funding to improve things like cycleways and footpaths.

22 councils are getting €33,000,000 for active travel projects, 40 of them in Carlow & Kilkenny, with a further €14,000,000 going to 26 local authorities for climate change adaptation steps – 13 of these projects are in Carlow & Kilkenny. (Details of local projects below)

Department of Transport Minister of State, Hildegarde Naughton says it includes plans to fix roads and to make walking and cycling safer.

The following allocations have been made locally: