Good new for Longford - Cycling/Walking

bovis

Hi All,
Have you seen this news about a new cycling/walking greenway route between Longford Town and the Shannon (Clondra)?
http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/business/major-boost-as-300k-royal-canal-cycle-way-project-sanctioned-1-5526474

In my mind - this is great news and should be warmly welcomed by all!

silver campaign

Good news indeed. Hopefully in time it will also be extended to go from Longford to Kilashee, where there is allready a nice pathway along the canal that can stretch all the way to keenagh, ballymahon and abbeyshrule.
One problem with the greenway in mayo is the number of gates to stop livestock from wandering. If they put these in in Longford, it will be a disaster as you will need to stop every couple of kms to open a gate.

bovis

I think the plan is to go from longford only to the shannon. Yes I agree that doing the section to Kilashee would be brilliant too. There is a nice stretch of roadway between the new lyneen bridge and kilashee so it wouldnt be hard to join up.

In fact, I saw that the GAA are planning to build a large training center on lands adjoining that canal at that location. Maybe the local authorities can get the GAA to also fix up the towpath there too while they are there.

silver campaign wrote: »

Good news indeed. Hopefully in time it will also be extended to go from Longford to Kilashee, where there is allready a nice pathway along the canal that can stretch all the way to keenagh, ballymahon and abbeyshrule.
One problem with the greenway in mayo is the number of gates to stop livestock from wandering. If they put these in in Longford, it will be a disaster as you will need to stop every couple of kms to open a gate.

somuj

The GAA development at Lyneen, Killashee has been canceled. Years of planning applications and Bord Plénala finally give the go ahead and the GAA pull the plug.