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Oris Measure 3 ORIS MEASURE 3 County Name of Project Description of Project Location of Project Funding Approved CARLOW Carlow Clonegal to Kildavin Connecting the Wicklow Way with the South Leinster Way Clonegal - Kildavin €371,250.00 CAVAN Cavan Killykeen Cycle Trail & Bridge To improve access to the new ‘Killykeen Way’ - a greenway Killykeen Forest Park €323,130.60 Enhancements standard 12km cycle and walking trail linking Killykeen Forest Park and the village of Killeshandra. CORK Cork Link to Glengarriff Nature Reserve Construction of a safe pedestrian and cycle link between Cappyaughna, €500,000.00 – Phase I Glengarriff Village and Glengarriff Nature Reserve. Glengarriff, Co. Cork DONEGAL Donegal Letterkenny to Burtonport To upgrade a specific 2.5km section of the former Burtonport Cresslough - Falcarragh €500,000.00 Greenway: Phase 1/Part 2 -The to Letterkenny rail-line referred to as the Muckish Railway Muckish Railway Walk – Walk, to greenway standard. Enhancement GALWAY Galway Connemara Trails & Eurovelo Upgrade of existing 10km walking trail. Replacement of 2 Cappahoosh Trail, Western Way €500,000.00 Route bridges along the route of the Western Way. Upgrade of an Bridges Oughterard & Leenane, exiting mountain bike trail at Derroura Oughterard and the Derroura Bike Trail Oughterard, signing of the Eurovelo cycling route from the Mayo border at Eurovelo Route Leenane to Leenane to the Clare border at Kinvara Kinvara NATIONWIDE Inland Fisheries 1.Shepperton Lake, Skibbereen, Improve infrastructure, safety and sustainable access at four 1.Shepperton Lake, Skibbereen, €500,000.00 Ireland Co.Cork; 2. Aasleagh, Erriff, Co. angling locations that benefit recreational initiatives and Co.Cork; 2. Aasleagh, Erriff, Co. Mayo; 3. Lough Scur, experience of the outdoors. The works include 3 wheelchair Mayo; 3. Lough Scur, Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim; 4. accessible platforms and a wheelchair accessible trail Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim; 4. Claregalway, Co. Galway Claregalway, Co. Galway LAOIS Laois Destination Slieve Bloom- Development and implementation of signage, orientation & Slieve Bloom Mountains €270,000.00 development & implementation of interpretation strategy that seeks to develop an integrated a Signage, Orientation, and programme by all stakeholders for the Slieve Bloom area under Interpretation Strategy the Slieve Bloom Development Partnership. LIMERICK Limerick Limerick Greenway Provision of signage, amenity areas and Greenway furniture to Limerick Greenway (Abbeyfeale, €418,662.00 promote, engage and narrate this countryside recreation Newcastle West, Rathkeale and amenity. surrounding areas) MEATH Meath Nobber-Castletown Greenway Develop a section of greenway to link the existing looped Nobber-Castletown, Co. Meath €500,000.00 greenway walks around the villages of Nobber and Castletown villages. MONAGHAN Monaghan Hollywood Forest Park Provide a quality freshwater bathing site including upgrading of Hollywood Forest Park, €276,385.00 walks, picnic and seating areas, changing facilities, toilets and Scotstown, Co. Monaghan fishing stands. Also included is the creation of a strong identity for the amenity and signposting throughout the site. OFFALY Offaly Kinnitty – ‘Route to the Slieve A) ‘Route to the Trails’ link between Kinnitty Village and the Kinnitty, Co. Offaly €500,000.00 Bloom Mountain Bike Trails’, Slieve Bloom Mountain Bike Trails. B) ‘Kinnitty Woods Loop’, a ‘Kinnitty Woods Novice-Grade 2km novice-level loop MTB track. C) Rediscovering Castle MTB Loop’, and “Rediscovering Bernard Demesne’s Historic Bridges and c.570m of historic Castle Bernard’s Historic Bridges”. ROSCOMMON Roscommon Mote Forest Park Outdoor Develop ground & vertical trails with educational elements, Mote Forest Park, Roscommon €500,000.00 Recreation Trail Experience and parking and cycle loop to Beara Breffni at Athleague & cycle link to Beara Breifne Way Castlestrange onto Roscommon town, for tourists and communities in the Hidden Heartlands. WATERFORD Waterford Upgrade and enhancement of To upgrade the existing walk way/cycle way between Clonea Waterford Greenway Spur in the €370,134.00 Clonea Road to Ballinacourty Spur Road and Ballinacourty to Greenway standard. To provide townlands of Kilgrovan and off Waterford Greenway shared walking and cycling links to Ballinclamper and Ballinacourty, Co. Waterford. Ballinacourty car parks at Clonea Strand. Amenity infrastructure to be provided. WICKLOW Wicklow Bright-light Blueway An East Coast Blueway development in County Wicklow of Bray to Kilmichael Point, Co. €499,338.00 coastal/water access facilities for varying abilities, animation Wicklow activities and signage. €6,028,899.60.
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