Active Travel Limerick - Bus Shelters

The National Transport Authority allocates annual funding to Limerick City & County Council under the Bus Shelter Enabling Works Programme.

  • Diarmuid Sheehy, Executive Engineer, Roads; Cllr PJ Carey, Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Gerald Mitchell, Cllr Brigid Teefy; Dan Slavin, Senior Executive Engineer, Active Travel and Brian Kennedy, Director of Service for Transportation and Mobility at Limerick City and County Council pictured in Hospital at one of the new Rural Bus shelters around the city and county Pic: Don Moloney
  • Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Gerald Mitchell pictured with Director of Service for Transportation and Mobility at Limerick City and County Council, Brian Kennedy in Hospital at one of the new Rural Bus shelters around the city and county. Pic: Don Moloney
  • Diarmuid Sheehy, Executive Engineer, Roads; Dan Slavin, Senior Executive Engineer, Active Travel, Cllr PJ Carey, Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Gerald Mitchell, Cllr Brigid Teefy, Cllr John Egan and Brian Kennedy, Director of Service for Transportation and Mobility at Limerick City and County Council pictured in Bruff at one of the new Rural Bus shelters around the city and county Pic: Don Moloney
  • Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Gerald Mitchell, Brian Kennedy, Director of Service for Transportation and Mobility at Limerick City and County Council, Cllr Brigid Teefy Cllr John Egan, Cllr PJ Carey, Dan Slavin, Senior Executive Engineer, Active Travel, Diarmuid Sheehy, Executive Engineer, Roads and Josh Prenderville, Communications Officer, Active Travel pictured in Bruff at one of the new Rural Bus shelters around the city and county Pic: Don Moloney

These annual allocations follow funding applications from the Active Travel team.

2024/2025:

For 2024/2025, €900,000 has been allocated to the team to facilitate the development of 31 new bus shelters in Limerick city and county.

Work on assessing exact sites for the shelters in each location is underway within the Active Travel department.

The funding will enable works to take place at agreed locations in the following areas: 

Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District:

  • Loughill
  • Shanagolden
  • Askeaton
  • Reens Pike
  • Rathkeale (The Square)
  • Ballyneety
  • Foynes

Newcastle West Municipal District:

  • Templeglantine
  • Newcastle West
  • Devon Cross (x2)
  • Abbeyfeale (x2)

Cappamore-Kilmallock Municipal District:

  • Knocklong
  • Galbally
  • Murroe
  • Ballylanders
  • Herbertstown
  • Cappamore
  • Doon

Metropolitan Municipal District:

  • Caherdavin Church
  • O’ Connell Avenue
  • New Road, Garryowen
  • Mulcair Road
  • Childers Road
  • Clancy’s Strand
  • Drombanna
  • Ballysimon Road
  • Castleconnell (x2)
  • Dublin Road

2023:

In 2023, €630,000 was allocated to the team to facilitate the development of 19 new bus shelters in Limerick city and county.

This funding enabled works to take place in:

  • Adare
  • Askeaton
  • Bruff
  • Caherconlish
  • Childers Road (Limerick City)
  • Clarina
  • Cloghkeating (Mungret)
  • Croagh
  • Croom
  • Golf Links Road (Castletroy)
  • Groody Road
  • Hospital
  • Kilfinane
  • Kilmallock
  • Kilmallock Road (Limerick City)
  • Mungret
  • O'Rourkes Cross
  • Rathkeale
  • Templeglantine
This service is provided by

Active Travel

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