transport report
Active travel agenda on the move at Fingal County Council
Since the creation, in late 2020, of an Environment, Climate Action and Active Travel Department by Fingal County Council significant progress has been made in developing the active travel agenda by the local authority.
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The new department has responsibility for mobility planning and the delivery of the National Transport Authority’s cycle network within the county, while also overseeing Climate Action, the enforcement of environmental regulations and the protection and promotion of the environment across the county. Active travel is travelling with a purpose using your own energy which usually means walking or cycling as part of a purposeful journey. The Council’s objective is to build active travel into everyday life as part of normal daily 60
work they are doing on greenways knits with the active travel philosophy. Our role is not just to build cycle lanes or provide safe routes to school, we are really working to change behaviour and create a vision of our towns and villages where active travel is the primary means of travel and everyone can safely and easily avail of walking and cycling facilities.”
Director of Services, David Storey, heads the department and is supported by a team who bring skills in planning and strategic infrastructure, community engagement, communications, and administration.
There are several major greenway projects underway including a flagship amenity, the Fingal Costal Way, which will extend 32km from Newbridge Demesne to Balbriggan and deliver a safe, attractive, first class coastal pedestrian and cycle route. The route is to be predominantly a leisure and tourist amenity but will also serve as a local commuter route. The second stage of public consultation recently ended and preliminary designs will be developed throughout 2021 with further public consultation due to take place early next year.
“Collaboration is key to the work we are doing in active travel,” says Storey. “We work very closely with our colleagues in strategic infrastructure to ensure the
Additional greenway projects under development and consultation at this time across Fingal include the Broadmeadow Greenway and the Royal
routines, and it is working to meet this goal by providing infrastructure and initiatives designed to promote active travel.
