Limerick Active Travel team relocates to new office in the heart of Limerick city centre

Limerick Active Travel team – Mayor Daniel Butler & Senior Engineer Sean McGlynn pictured above

Limerick Active Travel team now has a dedicated office in the heart of Limerick city centre

Limerick Active Travel team has, this week, relocated to a new, dedicated office in the heart of Limerick city centre.  The move comes as the team continues to grow with eighteen of its 23-strong team now appointed.

Active Travel, with funding from the National Transport Authority, will oversee the transformation of Limerick’s cycling and pedestrian network.

The Active Travel team at Limerick City and County Council, with funding from the National Transport Authority, is transforming Limerick’s cycling and walking network. This partnership with the NTA will deliver a high-quality, accessible and connected network of cycleways and pedestrian routes. Active Travel is very simple, it is about getting more of us out of our cars and using more sustainable transport modes like cycling and walking as part of a purposeful journey.

The new office at Barrow House has been months in the planning and has undergone a major fit-out ahead of the move. It will now be home to a multi-disciplinary team comprising engineers, planners, technicians, architects, communications and admin staff.

Thanks to all the pupils in 5th class at @ScoilIde in Corbally for welcoming our #ActiveTravelLimerick Executive Engineer Richard Gorey this week. The children chatted with Richard about the work of the Active Travel unit and also the Safe Routes to School initiative. pic.twitter.com/T7v8AYsmyT— Limerick Council – Comhairle Luimnigh (@LimerickCouncil) March 10, 2022

Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Daniel Butler said: “I am delighted to see the Active Travel team move to its permanent home at Barrow House. The team has been growing since it was set up back in the summer of 2021 and the move to its new home will allow it to grow even further.”

“In a short period of time, the Active Travel team has delivered a number of improvements to the cycling and walking infrastructure across Limerick, including the upgraded cycle lanes and footpaths on the Dooradoyle Road and the recently opened Castletroy Urban Greenway.”

Director for Transportation and Mobility at Limerick City and County Council, Brian Kennedy said: “The investment in this new office by the National Transport Authority is a clear sign of the confidence that the NTA has in its partnership with Limerick City and County Council. With more than €24m allocated by the NTA for Active Travel projects in Limerick in 2022, the team is going to be extremely busy delivering dozens of projects for our city, our towns and our villages.”  

Limerick Active Travel team has already delivered a number of key projects. These include:  

• Castletroy Urban Greenway – a 1.3km off-road cycling and walking network connecting people’s homes with schools, shops and a local playground;  
• R926 Dooradoyle Road Cycle Lane Scheme Phase 1 – upgraded cycle lanes including kerb segregation;  
• Groody Road – reallocation of road space for sustainable travel with segregated cycle lanes added;   
• Shannon Bridge – 2-way segregated cycle lanes on Shannon Bridge providing safe cycling access from the north side of the city to the city centre;   
• Milford Road, Castletroy – kerb segregation added along existing on-road cycle lane;   
• Clonmacken Road - kerb segregation added along existing on-road cycle lanes between Clonmacken Roundabout and the access to the Jetland Shopping Centre;   
• R510, Mungret – reallocation of road space for sustainable travel with segregated cycle lanes added between Quinn’s Cross Roundabout and roundabout access to Ard Aulin;   
• Various locations – Footpath improvements and additional pedestrian crossings at various locations across Newcastle West, Cappamore-Kilmallock and Adare-Rathkeale. 

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