11km cycleway link between Navan and Trim could be completed as early as next year

Ambitious plans for a two-way cycle track between Navan and Trim have been unveiled by Meath Co Council.

The €5 million project, which could be in place as early as next year, would see the track run on the right hand side of the road as you travel from Navan towards Trim, providing a much needed boost for tourism in the county.

The dual rural track along the edge of the existing Navan/Trim road would form a link to the Meath Blueway project. The scheme provides for 9kms of two-way segregated cycle track and 2kms of shared cycle/pedestrian facilities from the Balreask Cross Roads to the Newtown junction in Trim.

Director of Services, Martin Murray said: “The intention is to link to the Royal Canal and the National Cycle Network from Dublin to Galway, so we get tourists coming north from it into the county.”

He explained that work could proceed quickly as the works can be carried out within the existing public road reservation with no requirement for acquisition of privately owned lands.

Read the full story in this week's Meath Chronicle