Transport Minister announces preferred route for Dublin-Galway Greenway

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The preferred route for the Athlone to Galway section of the national coast to coast greenway has been announced.
The Athlone to Galway stretch will run through Shannonbridge, Loughrea, Craughwell, Clarinbridge and Oranmore and along the coast into Galway city.
Minister Leo Varadkar made the announcement at the formal opening of the latest section of the greenway at Castleknock in Dublin today.
Speaking at the event he says he is taking an incremental approach to building the greenway, building one section at a time as funding is allocated.
A 40 kilometer section between Mullingar and Athlone will be completed next year following the allocation of 4 million euro in funding by Junior Transport Minister Alan Kelly.
Two further sections in Kildare and Meath totalling 40 kilometers are at shovel-ready stage and work will being as soon as more funding becomes available.
The preferred route for the section that links with Galway will run through Ballinasloe and toward the city via Loughrea, Craughwell, Clarinbridge and Oranmore.