We are asking our supporters to once again make submissions via email to Mayo county council, this time it is in connection with the proposed Velorail project on the closed railway for 15km at Kiltimagh;
Mayo county council have placed public notices about their intention as a council to develop the VeloRail project. As the planning notice is actually from the Council not a private developer we are all entitled to put in a submission without paying a €20 fee. So this a free pop at them!
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 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 must facilitate a greenway alongside the closed railway for the reasons of health and safety, tourism potential and free local access to the community