Councillor Eoin O’Driscoll welcomes allocation of over €20m for Active Travel and Public Transport Investment in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Councillor Eoin O’Driscoll welcomes allocation of over €20m for Active Travel and Public Transport Investment in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

The National Transport Authority have today announced over €20 million in funding for investment in Active Travel across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (see here). The majority of this money €18,450,000 was allocated for Active Travel investment with a further €1,500,000 to improve local bus infrastructure. Smaller amounts were allocated to support the Sandyford Urban Framework Plan (€48,800) and for Study to determine the best use of Dublin Eastern Bypass Reservation (DEBP) Area (€44,490)

Cllr. Eoin O’Driscoll welcomed this investment saying “the allocation of over €20m from the National Transport Authority to support investment into Active Travel and Public Transport in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown will greatly benefit our local community. It provides a great opportunity to significantly improve how we travel throughout the county.

“What is important now is that Councillors, like myself, work together with Council officials to ensure that this money is invested effectively to best serve and support local communities.

“I am particularly pleased to see significant funding allocated to improve local bus infrastructure. There is a clear need for improving bus services locally and I look forward to working to ensure that this investment results in real improvements locally.