Please if you can send a short submission to Sligo coco in support of the Sligo Greenway route on the closed railway, this is the preferred route for all of us, but we can still expect opposition from the diehards.
If the sligo greenway is built from Collooney to Charlestown it will put enormous pressure on Mayo coco to follow suit, so helping Sligo Greenway is helping our own campaign in Mayo.
Key points to make are: to email adress greenway@sligococo.ie
Firstly say you support the greenway on the closed railway!
The route requires no Compulsory purchase order as it is owned by irish rail, this was a key issue in the national greenway strategy to use publically owned land for greenways.
That greenways on old closed railways have been a great success cite things like the waterford and great western greenway,
That the route goes directly through towns and villages so its use will be maximised by local people and for children going to school,
That it will make South sligo a more attractive place to live with such an amenity, that a greenway will protect the route in public ownership forever, who knows railway might comeback someday!
Give your own story why you support the idea. Thanks. Remember if this happens it will apply more pressure on Mayo coco