Kitt welcomes Smarter Travel Project Fund

Deputy Michael P. Kitt has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, TD of 30 countrywide Sustainable Travel Projects under the Smarter Travel Project Fund which will provide €15m of funding over 5 years.

The projects cover a range of initiatives such as:

• Supporting the roll out of electric vehicles;

• Developing an eco-driving scheme for a local authority captive fleet;

• A study to help make the delivery of freight in core urban areas more sustainable;

• The delivery of cycling infrastructure such as cycle routes and cycle parking;

• A wide range of behavioural based projects aimed at persuading schools, workplaces, and communities to make more sustainable and healthy travel choices;

The following are the Galway funded projects:

Dept. of Economics NUI Galway: Galway – Moycullen greenway feasibility Study. €33,000

Galway Cycling Campaign: Image of cycling in Galway €28,600

Galway County Council: Integrated walking & cycling Strategy €703,000

Galway Chamber of Commerce: Cycle parking fund €406,000

Galway Chamber of Commerce: Workplace cycle champions €8,250

This fund is to encourage innovation in implementing the Government’s new policy for travel which aims to obtain a sustainable transport system by 2020, concluded Michael Kitt, TD.