15 schools across Cork to receive funding to improve walking and cycling infrastructure
€15,000,000 is being allocated to 170 schools to improve walking and cycling facilities for kids
The funding forms part of the government's new Safe Routes to School programme announced earlier this year
The funding forms part of the government's new Safe Routes to School programme announced earlier this year.
Works are set to start in the coming weeks and include projects like new cycle lanes, upgraded footpaths and parking facilities.
Junior Transport Minister, Hildegarde Naughton, says more urban schools are included in the initial phase of the programme:
"So there's 135, urban schools were selected and 35 rural schools. What we want to do is have a template in the model, particularly in the rural areas. Many of these schools would be on 80 kilometre speed limits roads so what you want to do is find solutions for those rural schools and be able to replicate them right across the country."
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