Greenway campaign welcomes cross party and independent’s support for Collooney to Athenry Greenway
The Western Rail Trail Campaign, the campaign group seeking to protect the alignment of the non operational railway line from Collooney in County Sligo to Athenry in county Galway by placing a greenway on the route until such time as a railway is possible, has welcomed the support of almost every candidate in Sligo Leitrim South Donegal and West Cavan. Brendan Quinn of the Western Rail Trail campaign said this: “We contacted all candidates at the start of the campaign by email and asked a simple question : “Do you support current policy as declared by the Department of Transport Tourism and Sport to use the asset of the closed railway from Collooney to Athenry as a greenway now to create a local amenity for communities along the route, to create more tourism related jobs in the West of Ireland, and to protect the route from loss to the State” We also gave candidates an option to disagree with the statement or to say they did not want their opinions known. We have been delig