Funding is secured for cycle lanes
A 20km cycle loop is to be created from Gorey to the Clogh roundabout and from Gorey to the Tinnock roundabout, before the end of this year.
Gorey Municipal District councillors were informed last week that Wexford County Council has secured funding of €82,625 from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs to develop the cycle ways on the N11 from Gorey to the Tinnock and Clogh roundabouts, creating a 20km loop north and south of the town.
The works will begin shortly with a view to completing the project before the end of the year. Initial discussions are also underway with Wicklow County Council to continue the cycle lanes up to Arklow.
Cllr Malcolm Byrne welcomed the news. ‘ There has been a significant increase in those cycling for leisure purposes and as a Council, we want to encourage that,’ he said. ‘ The new cycle lanes will have a red macadam surface to distinguish them from the main road and should make it safer for cyclists.’ He complimented the staff of the Council who put the proposal together.
Cllr Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin also complimented the council staff on the initiative. ‘Hopefully it will encourage more children from country areas to cycle to schools in the town,’ he said. ‘At a time of alarming rates of childhood obesity, such initiatives in addition to the development of Gorey Town Park/Showgrounds are very welcome and to be applauded.’