The latest extension to the Royal Canal Greenway has been launched with the aim of providing a “high quality footpath and cycle track” from the North Strand to Phibsborough in Dublin City at a cost of €30.85m, reports RTE.
The third phase of the project, running 2.1km from Newcomen Bridge to Cross Guns Bridge, is funded by the National Transport Authority’s Active Travel Programme.
It will also include ramps accessible from the canal towpath at all road junctions, a new foot and bicycle bridge across the canal and a new community plaza, as well as tree planting and landscaping.
Completion of the works is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025, reports RTE.
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan TD said: “Greenways are for locals, to help ensure that people living in an area – in this case an historic and relatively densely populated part of the city – can get to where they want to go to or can just enjoy the route without having to negotiate traffic clogged roads,” reports RTE.
Máirín Ó Cuireáin, development director at Waterways Ireland Dublin, said: “When complete phase three will link Spencer Dock in Dublin 1 with Maynooth in Co Kildare where the Royal Canal Greenway goes all the way to the Shannon,” reports RTE.
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