Planning permission up for greenway from Youghal to Midleton

There's more than that, a handful are in operational condition, the rest are derelict or infilled.

There is one in Tralee, Connolly and the Sugar factory in Mallow tho the latter is surrounded in trees so you cant see it unless you look for it.

Not to say there isnt more.

The latest on the Greenway. The white box you see is the turntable being restored

Summer 2023 for midleton mogeely .. I think. ( which will be the busiest part. )

Hopefully they'll open youghal to redbarn or even further at the same time .. maybe ?

I think the middle part mogeely to halfway between killeagh and youghal isn't opening till next year .. hope I'm wrong

Looks great though ..

I agree, opening the two end and leaving the middle piece to next year or 2025

It's supposed to be opened as far as mogeely soon , I think you'll be waiting a bit longer for more though ..

I'm intrigued to see how the budget has stretched on this, expecting it to be stratosphere.

Just two small villages in a 16 mile stretch, not viable

Cllr Danielle Twomey East Cork

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Update on the Midleton to Youghal (MY) greenway

The team progressing the development of the MY (Midleton-Youghal) Greenway has advised of the following update to members of the East Cork Municipal District - the current aim is to open the Midleton - Mogeely section of the Greenway track in October 2023 (date to be confirmed) with the aim to open the Mogeely-Youghal section of track in early-mid 2024.

I was so hopeful the Midleton to Mogeely would be open for the summer, although knowing there was huge delays I suppose this was me being overly positive.

However I am glad we have a clearer timeline, as a lot of my constituents have been requesting this.

this has been argued about for years and years, no one is interested in investing money in it as it would turn out to be a white elephant. Tens of thousands of cars pass Midleton every day and they wont use the railway to Cork city.

This is a silly argument, like saying there's no point having a Dublin Cork rail line because thousands drive on a motorway every day and won't use it.

There's also one in Roslare Harbour which was in use as recently as July 2022 by an RPSI engine.

I always get a laugh when I see the faux concern "scenery argument" being brought out.

I'm happy with somewhere that I can bring my family to to exercise where there isn't a high risk of close passing or worse by speeding cars/trucks/tractors.

A nice view is a luxury.

With a choice between the MY greenway and the Dungarvan greenway I know which one I'd go for.

The MY greenway will be fine for a bit of exercise away from traffic, but so is a treadmill and exercise bike in the garden shed.

I agree with your comments about stretches of greenway like the stretch between Bury's Bridge and Little Island which are within urban areas or connecting closeby urban areas. However, IMHO long or longish stretches through farmland with zero scenic attractions have little or no attraction except for those who like long-distance cycling for fitness or training reasons.

There is also talk about banning e-scooters and e-bikes from greenways which kind of defeats their (greenways) use as eco-friendly commuting routes.

I could see residents in the Mogeely, Castlemartyre, and Ladysbridge areas using the Mogeely - Midleton stretch for commuting to Midleton, assuming safe connecting cycling infrastructure were to be provided linking the aforementioned towns/villages.

From Killeagh or Youghal to Midleton is a bit of a stretch for daily commuting by bike.

With over 12,000 vehicles a day passing between Youghal and Killeagh and over 16,000 a day passing between Castlemartyr and Midleton, if the current rail link to Midleton was to be extended to Youghal it should take a lot of those vehicles off the road, with all the attendant benefits to people and the planet. BTW, HGVs only account for less than 5% of the above figures.