One of Ireland's developing greenway projects has taken a step forward over the last week with railway tracks being lifted to make way for a section of the Boyne Valley to Lakelands County Greenway.
A further €500,000 was also unveiled by the Government today for a section of the same Meath-Cavan greenway project.
About three weeks ago contractors began clearing the line between Wilkinstown and the Gibstown Road before machinery was moved in to lift the old railway line that once linked Navan in Co Meath to Kingscourt in Co Cavan.
Some 4km of tracks will be lifted over the next few weeks in preparation for laying the surface for the new stretch of greenway between Wilkinstown and Gibstown. It forms part of the planned 30km Boyne Valley to Lakelands County Greenway.
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The section of railway line between Navan and Gibstown Road is also almost clear, though works to be carried out by Tara Mines will delay that section of greenway until next summer.
The new greenway is described as a 30km of "walkers' and cyclists' paradise" along the route of the old railway line from Navan in Co Meath to Kingscourt in Co Cavan.
It begins in Navan and passes through the villages of Wilkinstown, Castletown, Nobber and Kilmainhamwood before ending in Kingscourt.
The project is currently in development and includes a recently-completed looped section at Nobber and another at Castletown Kilpatrick.
On Monday the Government announced €500,000 in funding for the Wilkinstown to Castletown greenway section. That funding is for the development of a section of greenway between Wilkinstown and Castletown to link with the existing sections delivering 18kms of greenway from Navan to Nobber.
