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City Councillor Declan McDonnell has urged Galway City Council to draw up a further five-year plan to tackle dangerous ageing roads and footpaths in the older residential areas of Galway.

Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons this week welcomed Galway City Council improvement works to footpaths now underway on the Shangort Road.

Improvement works to footpaths in Knocknacarra Park and The Rise have commenced.

Fines for motorists caught parking on footpaths and in bus lanes and cycle tracks will double from €40 to €80.

Improvements to footpaths across Galway East are set to be carried out following the allocation of €7,875,000 in Active Travel Projects funding to the Galway County Council.

A total of €30,000 in the 2022 Galway City Council budget has been secured for improvements to footpaths and roads in Old Mervue.

Fianna Fáil councillor Annie May Reape put forward a notice of motion before the April meeting of the Ballina Municipal District reading: "Under the Active Travel 2021 allocations, as recently announced, I am asking Ballina MD to include footpath refurbishment works in Childers Heights and Moy Heights. I further ask Ballina MD to include improvement works to the pedestrian crossings at Tolan St/O’Rahilly St/Casement St and Bury St in the Ballina Town Transportation Plan."

Pedestrian crossings, new footpaths, as well as measures to tackle surface water flooding on the Coast Road, among other works, are on the cards for Oranmore.

Noting the dangers presented to pedestrians by cyclists who are regular users of footpaths as they make their journeys, Town Mayor, Cllr. Aengus O’Rourke, has noted an upsurge of complaints pertaining to this issue in recent times.

Addressing the monthly meeting of the Athlone-Moate Municipal District on Monday afternoon, local Fianna Fáil Councillor, Vincent McCormack, called upon the local authority executive to carry out an assessment of the footpaths in Rosemount with a view to carrying out necessary enhancement works at the earliest opportunity.