Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Cork to Waterford Inter-Urban Demonstrator project was selected to form part of the Pathfinder Programme in October 2022. When completed, the project will allow for seamless active travel between the two cities and will function as a demonstrator for similar inter-urban linkages which may be developed on other city-to-city routes at a later stage.

The Inter-Urban Demonstrator is an ambitious project, composed of nine individual sub-projects. Each sub-project is being delivered by the relevant local authorities (LAs) and being funded by either Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) or the National Transport Authority (NTA). Three of these sub-projects have been completed to date. The NTA and TII are working closely with the LAs to support the delivery of the remaining elements - with some more advanced than others.

While progress related to this overall project is monitored on a quarterly basis by a climate taskforce - the Sustainable Mobility Policy Leadership Group - a key criterion for selection as part of the Pathfinder Programme was capacity to deliver projects by end 2025. This has not changed. That said, all projects will be kept under review as the year progresses, and interventions made if required, in line with the management of the Pathfinder Programme as a whole.