Dublin Galway Greenway

Ann Phelan TD (Labour), who is a minister for state at the departments agriculture and transport with special responsibility for rural economic development and rural transport, said that consideration must be given to land purchase by agreement, “or, if necessary, by CPO” for the proposed Dublin Galway greenway. Phelan said: “In terms of the best land access models for greenway delivery, the use of publicly-owned land is advantageous from the perspective of reducing costs. Negotiated permissive access, from the perspective of cost and public ownership, continues to have value but for the projects of national scale, consideration must be given to land purchase by agreement or, if necessary, by CPO.” She said that people only have to look at the success of the Great Western Greenway (shown in photos above and below) in County Mayo to see how facilities such as these can revitalise our rural areas by bringing new visitors from both home and abroad to areas of the countryside and t

Moate Railway Station will be given a facelift as part of the Athlone to Mullingar cycleway project. 150,000 euro has been allocated for external work to four of the station's buildings; it's been derelict since the station closed in 1987. Westmeath County Council will carry out the refurbishment work, which includes replacing roofs and reinforcing walls, next month. The Athlone to Mullingar cycleway is part of the planned National Greenway amenity between Dublin and Galway; the 40 kilometre section is expected to be completed in July. Secretary of Moate Action Group, Peter Dolan, says they're hoping to restore the station internally