COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 08, 2021

HEADED ITEM NO. 14

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

NTA FUNDING FOR 2021 TO SUPPORT CYCLE SOUTH DUBLIN. 

REPLY:

Following Council consideration of the proposed 'Cycle South Dublin - Draft programme of work' in November 2020, a 4-week public consultation was held. This consultation ran from 17 November to 18 December 2020. A total of 457 resposnes were recieved and the team are currently reviewing these responses. The intention is to bring a final Cycle South Dublin programme to Council for agreement shortly.  

In January 2021, the Government committed 1.8 billion of funding towards active travel measures across the Country to be spent over the next 5 years. Subsequently, the NTA have now committed to fund the majority of the projects identified in the Cycle South Dublin programme, where they accord with their objectives of promoting walking and cycling, where they accord with their design standards and where they can be delivered over the next 5 years. This funding committment is now being considered and will inform the updated Cycle South Dublin programme.

As part of this funding committment the NTA have allocated 20.7m of funding to the Council for 2021. This funding will be used to support the design and delivery of a numbers of projects included in the Cycle South Dublin programme. If the Council is successful in progressing the identified works in 2021 there will be scope to secure further increased funding in future years.

Attached is the full funding breakdown for 2021.