Post Tagged with: "Tralee-Fenit Greenway"

THE Tralee-Fenit Greenway project is on schedule and is due to be completed by the middle of 2021. Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy requested an update on the project at Monday’s meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors. By February 26, almost 25% (2,590m) of the tracks have been removed with […]

AS work begins on the construction of the new 10km Tralee to Fenit Greenway, Kerry County Council has announced plans for the extension of an adjacent walking and cycling route along the coast of Tralee Bay which would connect with the greenway and provide a new leisure amenity for the […]

THE sod has been turned today on two new greenway amenities in Kerry marking the commencement of construction on the multi-million-euro projects. Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD, today turned the sod on the new ten-kilometre Tralee to Fenit Greenway and the […]

A NEW sign was officially unveiled at part of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway on Monday by Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Jim Finucane. The sign at Upper Rock Street (across from the Dunnes Stores entrance) was erected thanks to Tidy Tralee Together with the help of the Kerry County Council Community Support […]

IT’S anticipated that construction work on the Tralee-Fenit Greenway will not start until early 2020. Cllr Mikey Sheehy asked Council Management for a projected start/finish date for the long awaited greenway at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors on Monday. The Council said it is presently progressing the necessary […]

WORK is scheduled to begin on the Tralee Fenit Greenway in the autumn, it was revealed at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors on Tuesday. A dedicated project management team is being put in place at the moment for the €3.9m project. Funding of €3m was announced last month […]

THE Tralee-Fenit Greenway is to receive €3m in Government funding. Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, today announced funding of €3.5m for the Kilmorna to Listowel and €3m for the Tralee to Fenit Greenways. This is fantastic news for all involved in the project and work can now be advanced on the greenway […]

MINISTER of State for Tourism & Sport, Brendan Griffin, is today assuring people that he is totally confident of a positive announcement of substantial funding for the Tralee-Fenit and Listowel-Kilmorna Greenways in the coming weeks. Minister Griffin says that a competitive application process for greenway funding has just concluded within […]

THE Mayor of Tralee and councillors in the Tralee Municipal District have reaffirmed their unanimous support for Tralee to Fenit Greenway project and have supported calls for funding for the amenity. The ten-kilometre greenway project will see the completion of a three-metre wide greenway suitable for walking and cycling along […]

IT was said that the old Tralee to Fenit railway line would never be transformed into a Greenway that would benefit to local tourism, because many believed that planning permission would never be granted. Well, the planning process has been completed, the money is available in the form of the […]

COUNCILLORS in the Tralee Municipal District have approved plans for the development of a ten-kilometre greenway between Tralee and Fenit. The project will see a continuation of an amenity trail on the outskirts of the town which was developed by Kerry County Council in 2016 and which links Casement Railway […]

PUBLIC notice has been given that Kerry County Council plans to carry out development on the Tralee – Fenit Greenway Project. The notice appeared in a local paper today and details the nature and extent of the proposed works. The townlands mentioned are Ballynahoulort, Bawnboy, Clogherbrien, Knockanish East, Knockanish West, Ballygarran, Ballymakegogue, […]

AS part of their ongoing planning preparation, Kerry County Council is to hold a public consultation day regarding the proposed Tralee to Fenit Greenway this Wednesday in Fenit. Maps of the route of the proposed greenway will be on display for inspection throughout the day. Kerry County Council officials will […]

THE Tralee to Fenit Greenway group are inviting people to ‘Cycle The Line’ with them tomorrow to highlight the lack of progress on the project. This event will take place exactly a year after the last public event, a year which has seen little advance on providing the greenway. It […]

FRIENDS of the Tralee to Fenit Greenway held a public walk on Sunday, February 8, to highlight the disappointment at the uncompleted Tralee to Fenit Walkway. Despite the bad weather, over 80 people took part in the walk, which started at St. Brendan’s Church and finished at Mounthawk. The group has been […]

THE Friends of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway are to walk the line next Sunday and are hoping to be joined by as many members of the public as possible. “We last Walked the Line in protest nearly four years ago in April 2012,” reads a press release from the group. “Since then, the […]

MINISTER of State at the Department of for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Alan Kelly, was in town last Friday to  officially launch the new Phase of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway (Casements Railway Station-Rock Street section) as part of the National Cycle Network. The launch was held in the green area of Casement’s Avenue and while there […]