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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 12, 2018

QUESTION NO.10

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the status of the Grand Canal Greenway between Grange Castle & Hazelhatch as outlined in the Development plan?

REPLY:

The South Dublin County Development Plan 2016 – 2022 (the Development Plan) contains “Heritage, Conservation and Landscapes (HCL) Policy 11 Grand Canal” which seeks to "promote the Grand Canal as a key component of the County’s Green Infrastructure network and to protect and enhance the visual, recreational, environmental, ecological, industrial heritage and amenity value of the Grand Canal (pNHA) and its towpaths, adjacent wetlands and associated habitats". Objective HCL11 Objective 1 of the  Development Plan to seek an “extension of the Grand Canal Way Green Route from the 12th Lock to Hazelhatch in partnership with Waterways Ireland and Kildare County Council”.

On 16 March 2018, Waterways Ireland are convening a meeting with staff from Offaly, Kildare and South Dublin County Councils to discuss the strategic design, planning, funding of a multiuse pathway (pedestrian/cycle track) along the full 158 km length of the Grand Canal from Dublin to the River Shannon. There is the potential to deliver the Grand Canal Greenway between Grange Castle & Hazelhatch as part of this initiative. Council will be provided with an update of this meeting in due course.