The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme was developed in partnership with the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Green-Schools in 2020 as a response to the need to support schools to increase walking and cycling to school.
Limerick City & County Council’s Active Travel team is tasked with delivering the infrastructure to provide the Scheme, following successful funding applications from the schools directly to the NTA.
St Paul’s NS, Dooradoyle was selected for inclusion in the first round of the Safe Routes to School programme in 2021.
The Scheme:
Works around the school were completed in 2023.
These works include:
- New road markings
- New tactile paving
- New bollards for cyclist segregation
- Junction improvements
- Table top ramps
- Pedestrian crossings
- Repairs to existing footpaths