We attach an email from Ailbhe Keogan looking for support for the proposed Walk/Cyle way from Tralee to Fenit. There is a public meeting on 22/10/09 in Ballyroe hotel.
From: Ailbhe Keogan
Subject: Tralee to Fenit Cycleway
To: cycle-list@kerrybicyclefestival.org
Date: Tuesday, 13 October, 2009, 3:25 PM
Hello friends,
Just a short note to let you know about a meeting about the Tralee to Fenit Cycleway. It is on October 22nd in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel at 8pm.
For those of you who don’t know, it is now government policy to turn disused railway tracks into safe cycleways and walkways for leisure. Significant funding has been secured to turn the disused Tralee to Fenit line into one such cycleway/ walkway. If it gets the all clear, which it should by rights as it’s outlined in the Kerry County Council official development plan, it will be the first in Kerry and completed by Christmas.
We’ll be able to cycle out for the Christmas swim. It would be such a genuine asset to both Tralee and Fenit – for tourists and locals alike. It seems like a no-brainer.
But it has met with some opposition. Those with real concerns have been met by the Kerry County Council and their concerns, namely for safety of property’s verging onto the track, have been addressed as best they can. They are however, still some opposition voices, who want to put a stop to the project. We can’t let this happen. Otherwise the funding will go to another such project elsewhere.
We need to show the County Council we are behind them. There are several things you can do.
1. Come to the meeting to lend support.
2. Put up a comment on the following blog which we set up to garner support. http://traleetofenitcycleway.wordpress.com
3. Let me know if I can list your name on the blog as a supporter.
4. Let me know if you or your group’s website can be linked to the blog as a supporter.
Please send this on to anyone you think might be interested,
Thanks,
Ailbhe