Some €1.6m has been allocated for the design and delivery of walking and cycling improvements in the Swords area this year. This is part of a programme of €21m in walking and cycling infrastructure grants for Fingal in 2024. Areas listed for works include Brackenstown, Rivervalley, Seatown and the R132 junctions. There is also funding…
Swords will be linked with rural villages and Balbriggan in an expanded 192 service from February 19th. Ballyboughal, Oldtown, Stamullen, The Naul and Balbriggan will be connected to Swords with ten services a day. It’s a major expansion of the existing 192 service from Stamullen to Balbriggan and is the first time some of the…
Plans for 40 apartments, over two blocks, for the corner of Watery Lane and Rathbeale Rd have been submitted to Fingal County Council. The application has been immediately deemed invalid by the council, because of a problem with maps and some missing information, but a follow up application is very likely. The proposal is to…
School wardens, who help students walk safely to school, are in low numbers in the Swords area. This has led to some areas not being covered if an existing warden is ill or needs time off. Fingal County Council are currently advertising for reserve and permanent school wardens. If you are interested you will find…
The newly revamped Carnegie Library was launched today. It will serve as an arts centre and is the first piece of the Swords Cultural Quarter to be delivered. The Swords Cultural Quarter is an investment of over €50m by Fingal County Council in Swords and construction has begun on the major library, theatre, gallery and…
Swords estates will have over 60 trees removed from them as part of the Winter tree removal programme . Under the Fingal Tree Policy, every tree that is felled will see another planted. Where possible it will happen in the vicinity of the one taken. Disease, proximity to a light, storm damage are some of…
The old brick archway, which was part of a cluster of structures linked to an old mill, has been almost entirely restored. The archway was used as a bridge and was at risk of collapse last year when conservation experts started work to restore it. Now the structure, and works to restore the riverbanks around…
A masterplan for 200 homes is currently being developed by Fingal County Council on lands recently purchased next to the Mooretown Development. In an update this week on projects in pre-planning, Fingal County Council revealed that a masterplan is being developed for Phase 1 of the council lands and they listed the number of units…
A signalised junction will be placed at the entrance of JC’s/Dunnes this year as part of the council’s Programme of Works. The plans follow concerns raised around traffic speed and volume in the area and a number of accidents along the road. In the last year the council placed a speed reader sign in the…
Swords has been listed as a priority location in the new National Cycling Network plan published this week. Cycling corridors between Swords and a number of towns and villages (Malahide, Ashbourne, Donabate, Skerries and Balbriggan) are all part of the new proposals. The National Cycling Network aims to connect population centres and transport hubs right…