Press Release from
Mary Wallace TD &
Cllr Noel Leonard
11th February 2010

New pedestrian/cycle footbridge for
Dunboyne Railway Bridge
 

Mary Wallace TD has been advised that the construction of a pedestrian/cycle footbridge adjacent to and parallel to the northern face of the Dunboyne Railway Bridge will be complete by the end of April/early May 2010.

The railway order approved by An Bord Pleanala for the reinstatement of the Clonsilla to Dunboyne Pace Rail Line made provision for the installation of a pedestrian/cycle bridge.

Once this piece of infrastructure is in place there will be no need for pedestrians or cyclists to use the existing bridge on the regional road Clonee to Dunboyne.

Dunboyne Cllr Noel Leonard very much welcomed the news saying  “Over many years there have been generations of children who lived on the eastern side of the railway bridge and whom had to be driven the short distance across the bridge to attend our schools in Dunboyne. Indeed the no footpath issue effected many people who lived on that side of the bridge. I am delighted to see that this safety issue for the people of Dunboyne will finally be resolved.”

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