Written answers
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Transport Infrastructure
Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding in place under the smarter travel programme over the past four years for towns in County Galway, where figures are available for the towns involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42975/14]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Galway Council Council has received funding under a number of Smarter Travel initiatives over the past four years, details of which are set out in the table under. The Deputy can view full details of these projects on my Department's Smarter Travel website
| Year | Project | Funding initiative | Grant amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Construction of a pedestrian footpath at Weir Road, Tuam. | Jobs Initiative Round 3 | 32,453 |
| 2012 | Development of Walking and Cycling Strategies for Ballinasloe, Clifden, Tuam, Gort and Athenry. | Active Travel Towns (Stream 1) | 63,450 |
| 2012 | Creation of an Active Travel Town in Oranmore through a combination of infrastructural and behavioural change measures. | Active Travel Towns (Stream 2) | 100,000 |
| 2013 | Planning and Design for a cycleway from Clifden to Oughterard | National Cycle Network Seed Finance Scheme | 25,000 |
| 2014 | Galway to Moycullen Greenway | National Cycle Network Funding Programme 2014-2016 | 2,000,000 |
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