2026 Active Travel Allocation announcement

On 16th of January 2026, Active Travel Allocations were announced. This announcement was done accompanied by representatives from National Transport Authority (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). €19,250,000 in funding for was included SDCC.

The event took place at the recently completed Section 5 of the Dodder Greenway scheme and SDCC were delighted to welcome Minister Darragh O'Brien to meet with Deputy Mayor of South Dublin Cllr. Trevor Gilligan, representatives of TII, NTA and SDCC.

The council’s Cycle South Dublin programme, which commenced in 2021, has constructed Cycle tracks and greenways across 68km of the SDCC road network and provided links to many amenities, schools and places of work for citizens in the county. In total it is intended to provide 260km of cycle track across 134km of road network by 2029.

The Active Travel schemes also include improvements to road and junctions at schools such as the Safe Routes to School programme. To date 27 schools within the county have been provided with improved road markings, crossings and street layouts.