Mayor of South Dublin County Council (SDCC), Councillor Dermot Looney, carried out the official Sod Turning Ceremony for Phase 1 of the Tallaght to Ballyboden Cycle Route: Pedestrian and cycle route and bridges at Dodder Valley Park recently.

The ceremony marked the continuation of a significant new project by South Dublin County Council, funded by the National Transport Authority, that will form part of a wider network of new high quality cycle ways proposed throughout the Dublin region.

The principal, teachers and 5th class pupils from the local St. Dominic's National School were special guests of the Mayor and members of Tallaght Community Council Network were also in attendance.

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The project will provide two new bridges, one over the Dodder and the second over the Ballycullen stream, and will increase links between the existing communities of Tallaght and Firhouse; by providing more direct routes for cyclists and pedestrians.

The bridges will join Firhouse and Tallaght mid-way between Old Bawn and the M50 and will form part of both the Tallaght to Ballyboden and Dodder Valley Greenway cycle routes.

South Dublin County Council has secured more than €1.5m from the National Transport Authority to deliver this significant new landmark pedestrian and cycle bridge together with new footpaths and cycleways at the point where two planned cycle routes meet at Dodder Valley Park. Clonmel Enterprises Ltd. are the appointed contractor who will construct the route over the coming months.

(CD/JP)