Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 603: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the recently announced 20km cycle route from Athlone to Ballinasloe will be completed; if there are any plans to complete a route from Ballinasloe to Galway City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30360/12]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Athlone to Ballinasloe route will be delivered by Roscommon County Council, with a planned completion date of October 2013. There are currently no specific plans in place for extension of the cycle route on to Galway City.

In this regard I would note that the recent National Cycle Network (NCN) funding call has assigned NCN funding for 2012 and 2013. A further NCN funding call will be undertaken next year for the determination of NCN projects to be funded from 2014-2016.