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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on plans to link the Grand Canal and Royal Canal by way of green route via Lucan; and for a possible extension of the Grand Canal Green Route to Hazelhatch?"
 

REPLY:

The Royal and Grand Canals offer remarkable potential as linear blue and green corridors offering off road opportunities for walking, cycling kayaking and barge boating within Dublin City and County. The newly established Waterways Ireland Dublin Docklands Team, in partnership with Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council, Fáilte Ireland and cyclist.ie are now looking to join these linear mostly off road routes, building on the extensive existing cycle infrastructure and  to create ‘The 12th Lock to 12th Lock', Dublin Canals City Cycle Loops which would consist of an outer 40 km loop and an inner loop of 22 km.

Stage 2 which is the Lucan Connection Section is in early discussion phase and would consist of a cycle route through St. Catherine’s Park (Fingal County Council) into Lucan Village and Griffeen Park (South Dublin County Council) and back to the Grand Canal.

There has been an initial meeting between South Dublin County Council and Waterways Ireland and there are plans to invite a representative from Waterways Ireland to provide the elected members with presentation on the project by the end of 2017.