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Of the many interesting facts disclosed regarding continuing progress in the development of Castlebar town this week, possibly the main highlight was the revelation that real-life action plans and a firm vision for the future can hugely determine funding streams.

Westport is on track to become a world class model of an ‘ideal town’ after winning yet another major award this week of €5 million, having been selected as the number one Small Town in Ireland in the Smarter Travel sustainable transport awards.

Three projects in Mayo have been awarded funding under the Smarter Travel Scheme as administered by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Monday’s emergency Galway City Council meeting to tackle traffic congestion had a lot in common with the gridlock that it aspired to solve - it was stop-start, slow-moving, tempers became frayed, and after four hours you realised that you hadn’t actually got anywhere.

Michael Ring, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, has welcomed the announcement by his colleague Minister of State Alan Kelly that approval has been given for €116,000 in funding. This money will allow for the provision of some four kilometres of cycle lanes, 376 metres of footpaths, and 12 bike parking spaces in Castlebar.

Additional funding has been granted to Westmeath and Longford County Councils for the development of footpaths and cycleways, Deputy Nicky McFadden has announced.

€125,000 has been allocated by central government for pedestrian and cycle links from Kilkenny city centre under the Smarter Travel Initiative — less than half of what had originally been sought by Kilkenny Local Authorities.

The Kilkenny city plan to embrace a Smarter Travel Initiative has begun in earnest with Kilkenny Borough Council making improvements to the city infrastructure and planning fun events in conjunction with the initiative for the summer.

Fears have been expressed that the Smarter Travel programme, which Co Galway has put in a major bid to be part of, has been scrapped.

A new cycle path and walkway from Barna to Oranmore may have taken a step closer to becoming a reality according to Green senator Niall Ó Brolcháin.