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Leitrim County Council in partnership with Sligo County Council, Cavan County Council, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, and under the auspices of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Department for Infrastructure (DfI) are developing the Sligo, Leitrim, Northern Counties Railway (SLNCR) Greenway.
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The 'Bowline' was created using a disused railway viaduct, and has created a new linear park connecting to the National Cycle network. [The trackbed of the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway/CR/LMS crosses over the Forth and Clyde Canal, open railway (the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway/NBR/LNER) and A814 in quick succession. -RS]
(Permalink) Bowline Bowling Swing Bridge Greenway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway  Bowling Swing Bridge: Bowling Swing Bridge has been cleaned and repainted. All the former Caledonian viaducts through Bowling are being converted into a new walkway. In addition the customs house building is being restored ...  Bowling Swing Bridge: Poster showing details of the repairing of the viaducts through Bowling, in preparation for reopening the route as a footpath.  Bowling [CR]: The course of the Caledonian line to Dumbarton sweeps past the western end of the Forth & Clyde Canal at Bowling on 14 June. |
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More than £2 million of funding has been secured for the creation of an 'active' travel path between Peebles and Eddleston.
(Permalink) Cyclepath Eddleston Footpath Greenway Peebles  Peebles [2nd]: The former goods office and weighbridge at Peebles, currently standing at the north end of Edinburgh Road car park - still referred to as East Station car park in some quarters see image [[29054]]. Th ...  Eddleston: Modified TV aerial mast alongside a former crossing keeper's cottage on the Peebles Railway just north of Eddleston in March 2008. |
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Lothian MSP Miles Briggs says he is disappointed that the project to transform the Powderhall Railway path into a green corridor has been delayed due to the Spaces for People initiative. In a letter to Mr Briggs, from The City of Edinburgh Council, the Active Travel Department said that 'Progress on this has been delayed by the need to re-allocate staff resources to develop and deliver temporary Spaces for People (SfP) schemes'.
(Permalink) Cyclepath Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Footpath Greenway Miles Briggs Powderhall |
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Leitrim County Council have submitted an E-Tender for the Sligo to Enniskillen Greenway which follows the former Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway route. The E Tender for a design team to undertake preliminary design and route selection and environmental reports to move this cross border project forward to planning stages, has now been issued and companies are invited to express an interest.
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Half a million euro has been confirmed for the enhancement of The Muckish Railway Walk.
The funding has been sanctioned under Measure 3 of the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. Its another phase of the Letterkenny to Burtonport Greenway project and has been described as a significant development of a popular outdoor amenity in Donegal. (Permalink) Burtonport Donegal Greenway Letterkenny Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Letterkenny to Burtonport Greenway |
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