€290m has been announced today as funding from central government for local authorities across Ireland to invest in walking and cycling with almost €25m of this allocated for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to invest in vital infrastructure such as footpaths, crossings, accessibility upgrades, safe routes to school and cycling facilities.
I strongly welcome this budget allocation for walking and cycling. My Green colleagues on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and I will be to the forefront of supporting our Active Travel team in making our county a more active travel-friendly place to live, study and work.
I’m particularly pleased that the following local projects have secured funding for design and/or construction stage:
- Sandyford village improvement project
- Stepaside village improvement project
- Sandyford Business District walking and cycling routes
- Safe Routes to School for Our Lady’s Girls and Our Lady’s Boys in Ballinteer
- Dundrum Area Based Transport Assessment (ABTA including parts of Ballinteer and Sandyford) as part of the Dundrum Local Area Plan
- Leopardstown Road Active Travel scheme
- Leopardstown to Ballyogan Active Travel Routes (linking the racecourse with the pathway next to Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School)
- Grange Road and Ballinteer Avenue Active Travel Scheme
- Jamestown Park Active Travel Routes (next to Carrickmines Retail Park)
- Kilternan Link active travel measures
- Improvements to the Goat junction and the Roebuck Rd junction along a key route for cycling from Sandyford towards UCD and the city centre.
The full list of projects in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is available below or you can download it here.
A number of projects funded under the 2022 budget are still ongoing and will improve walking and cycling safety in our area. These include:
- Blackglen Road improvement scheme: by summer 2023, footpaths and cycle tracks from Lamb’s Cross to Ticknock Road and from Lamb’s Cross to the Sandyford Road council depot (beside Kilcross) will be complete.
- Path upgrades in parks and green spaces: coming soon to the greens in Woodpark and Orby/Glencairn.
- Quick build cycle protection on Murphystown Way, Sandyford Road, Blackthorn Avenue and Blackthorn Drive.
If you have any questions or comments on any of these projects, please let me know.
