More than €6million in capital funding is being allocated for Active Travel and Greenways in Carlow and Kilkenny.
Ministers Darragh O’Brien, Séan Canney and Jerry Buttimer have included both counties in their €360m announcement this morning regarding the funds which will support the delivery of walking and cycling infrastructure across the country.
The Active and Sustainable Transport Investment Programme in the National Transport Authority (NTA) was allocated €290 million for the development of walking and cycling infrastructure in villages, towns and cities. This funding will enable almost 1,000 projects of varying scale to progress in 2026. Among these are the Broadmeadow Estuary Greenway in Dublin; Lehenaghmore Road Improvement Scheme in Cork; the Mary Immaculate College to City Centre Active Travel Scheme in Limerick; and the Tramore Ring Road Active Travel Scheme in Waterford
An additional €8 million is available to fund smaller-scale behavioural change and training programmes. These include CycleRight training in primary schools and the NTA’s Smarter Travel Workplaces and Campuses Programme.
KCLR News has been hearing from some of the Carlow Kilkenny constituency’s most senior politicians – stay tuned for more.
