Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Committee on Public Petitions

Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Barry Kenny:

Ultimately, these things require detailed design and study, but there is nothing that works against the rail alignment. All the studies heretofore have considered the original alignment and none has concluded a railway could be built. On a per kilometre basis, the assessments have always stated there is a higher cost-----