At the junction of the Brackenstown Rd and Murrough Rd a new mini-roundabout will be put in place as part of the safe route to schools scheme for St Cronan’s School. The new design has been put forward with a view to protecting school children, vulnerable road users, and improving traffic flow at the location.…
Better designed footpaths and new cycle lanes will be coming to two more schools in Swords as part of new round of funding for a national scheme announced this week. Holy Family JNS and St Colmcilles Girls NS will both be getting funding for upgrades around access to their school. The scheme is currently being…
The project is part of the the Pathfinder Programme of 35 exemplar transport projects to be delivered by local authorities and agencies around the country within the next three years, launched by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan. Welcoming the project announcement, Joe O’Brien TD stated: “This is great news for Swords. We will see this…
The Swords Cycle Network is a plan to develop connected cycling infrastructure in the town. This week as part of an update on the Capital Programme of Fingal County Council, councillors were given an indicative timeline for the projects and the areas it will apply to. The Swords Cycle Network will come forward as a…
Figures released this week show that Fingal County Council underspent its allocation for active travel by €5.7m in 2021. The council were allocated €14.8m for walking and cycling infrastructure last year but just over €9m was spent. This means that Fingal County Council could not spend close to 40 per cent of its allocation in…
You wait for one ebike scheme to come along and then two arrive at once. A new ESB ebikes scheme, run by Bleeper bikes, is now available on Main St. Like the Tier ebike scheme that launched last month, these are electric bikes that will provide you with extra power up to 25 kmph. Unlike…
Prof Niall Moyna, known for appearing on the hit RTE show Operation Transformation, has told this week of being knocked from his bike on the Seatown Roundabout in Swords. The DCU academic outlined in a series of tweets how he was struck while taking a right turn on the roundabout and landed on his head…
Have you noticed those turquoise coloured bikes around Swords? They are new rental ebikes available in Fingal. The company is Tier and the new Fingal rental scheme is their first in Ireland. They come from Berlin and in other countries they rent bikes, scooters and mopeds. The new ebike rental scheme will allow you to…
This week the contractor is beginning working on the Brackenstown cycle lanes. The scheme was recently on public display and will provide protected cycle lanes from Swords Manor to St Cronan’s School and from the junction with the Murrough Rd to the entrance of Laurelton. The contractor installed site works compounds at the end of…
A Family Fun Day is taking place in Malahide Castle for Bike Week this year. Lots of fun and games for kids as well as food trucks and trishaws for older people, as part of Cycling Without Age. Here are the details: Date: Sunday, 22 May Time: 12 noon to 5pm Location: Front lawn, Malahide Castle…