A total of €2.5m has been allocated to Donegal’s Greenways for 2022.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal TD, Charlie McConalogue, has today welcomed the announcement from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
TII is responsible for securing the provision of a safe and efficient road network and provides annual funding allocations to local authorities for this purpose. TII has also recently been assigned responsibility for Greenways.
Significant Greenway investment is being directed at the border counties including Donegal which is progressing a number of Greenways.
This will see an expansion of cross-border Greenways.
Minister McConalogue said “This investment in greenways right throughout Donegal is fantastic news for locals, for businesses and for tourism attraction in the County. Congratulations to all our local groups, local politicians and Donegal County Council for their significant work with these projects. I look forward to their progress.”
Among the allocations for Donegal is Castlefin to Carrigans €800,000, Barnesmore Gap €50,000, Muff to Quigley’s Point €300,000, Buncrana to Carndonagh €600,000, Bridgend to Buncrana and Newtoncunningham €500,000 and Burtonport to Letterkenny €250,000.
Councillor Patrick McGowan has also welcomed the allocations including the Barnesmore and Castlefin scheme.
He said “This is something I have been pushing for for many years and I’m delighted to see the finding allocations announced.”
