Active travel improvements are on route to Limerick

A NEW digital map has been launched online to create an interactive information source for the public on current and future walking, wheeling, and cycling projects across the county.

The resource will show colour coordinated, categorised projects that have been delivered and are being worked on by the Active Travel team in Limerick City & County Council.

For the first time, all cycle lanes in Limerick have been mapped and are now available for the public to view. These consist of approximately 104km in the city and 41km in the county.

All works in progress and works that have been approved to proceed via statutory planning processes have been included, with it now possible to see the Active Travel network’s continued development in one place. 

Shown on the digital map will include; progress of enhanced pedestrian infrastructure, Limerick’s cycle network, the Safe Routes to School programme, completed facilities under the Bus Shelters Enabling Works Programme, locations of nitrogen dioxide monitoring tubes in areas being monitored by the Active Travel team, and available bike parking facilities.

These projects are being funded by the National Transport Authority (NTA), which has allocated Limerick City & County Council €20.5 million to spend on this infrastructure in 2025.

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It will also specifically detail built, under construction, completed, and upcoming works across Limerick city and county.

The map will be continuously updated with other elements of the Active Travel team’s work into the future.

The intent is to share the map’s information with OpenStreetMap and Google Maps, in order for members of the public to be able to use existing tools for accurate cycle and pedestrian journey planning.

The map is available on Limerick.ie, which Mayor of Limerick, John Moran described as “a cornerstone of how we communicate with our local community”.

Commenting on the project the Mayor also said: “Today is an important step forward towards that greater transparency led by our Active Travel team. 

“The Mayoral programme has big ambitions for more sustainable and accessible transport options, but also many more projects. Information about what we want to deliver and what we have delivered goes hand-in-hand with better accountability.  It also helps to get people more and more involved in decisions about how their community develops.”

The digital map will sit within the current Active Travel information offering on Limerick.ie, which was expanded in 2024 to include a landing page for each individual project being worked on by the team.