Total funding of €67m has been allocated by the Government for Greenways and National Roads Active Travel infrastructure through Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to support the delivery of several Greenway projects throughout the country over the coming year.

Approximately 24km of Greenways are expected to be rolled out for 2025, with further section openings expected on the Grand Canal Greenway and the South-East Greenway, while work is to continue on the South Kerry Greenway and other projects across the country.

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien, Minister of State Seán Canney and Minister of State Jerry Buttimer recently announced the €67m allocation, which will also be used to fund approximately 60 Greenway schemes to move through the planning and design stages. These include the Fingal Coastal Way, Limerick to Scarriff, Burtonport to Letterkenny Greenway and the Arklow to Shillelagh Greenway.

The allocation will also be used to enable delivery of active travel infrastructure on national roads, and to progress the National Cycle Network which identifies 3,500 km of cycling corridors around the country linking cities and towns.

This allocation of €67m for the Greenways programme is in addition to approximately €293m allocated to fund the Active Travel programme, announced by the NTA in January 2025. This programme supports a range of walking and cycling schemes including improved pedestrian environments, new segregated cycling lanes, pedestrian and cycling bridges, and pedestrian crossings.

Minister O’Brien said that the combined allocation of €360m this year for active travel and greenway infrastructure demonstrates the government’s strong commitment to expanding sustainable transport options.

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