We need to make Mayo county council listen! If you have already sent a submission thank you, now please persuade others to do the same!
The proposed Velorail project on the closed railway for 15km at Kiltimagh will stop our greenway from Sligo to Athenry from happening, unless Mayo coco listen and act on what we need to say to them.
There will be no Kiltimagh Greenway alongside the closed railway that the Velorail runs under the current plans put forward by Mayo county council! Local people will have to pay to use the Velorail - the last time I heard you can walk and cycle for free!
Mayo county council have placed public notices about their intention as a council to develop the VeloRail project, see more detail on the Kiltimagh Greenway Facebook page.
The planning notice which is called a Section 8 planning notification makes NO MENTION OR EFFORT to have a path alongside the closed railway which would act as a safety/exit path and double up as a public path and Greenway. Submissions can be made free of charge by any member of the public on this project so please start firing submissions in; it cost nothing to make an observation on a section 8 planning notification.
email: planning@mayococo.ie
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Submission on Kiltimagh Velorail project - Part 8
The points to make are:
- The Velorail planned for 15km at Kiltimagh using the closed railway has no contingency for people to leave the velorail in an emergency. A parallel pathway is essential for health and safety.
- The health and safety path could be also be used as a public path and greenway thus increasing the usage of this public amenity beyond those who can afford or want to pay to use a velorail, providing a free to use local facility
- The Sligo Greenway supported by Sligo County Council will terminate at the county border at Bellaghy/Charlestown.
- The Quiet Man Greenway supported by Galway County Council will use the closed railway from Athenry to the Mayo county border. It seems only Mayo county council wants to deny the huge tourism potential of a greenway from Athenry to Collooney.
- The Velorail project needs to facilitate a greenway alongside the closed railway for the reasons of health and safety, tourism potential and free local access to the community, please listen to what people are saying about this project.
- Good planners listen to local people and views! Bad planners put their fingers in their ears and ignore the public!