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CYCLE PATHS AND bus shelters are due an upgrade with €7 million worth of funding from the Department of Transport.
It is part of a €200 million stimulus package previously announced by government, which Public Transport Minister Alan Kelly said will both improve the public transport system and provide employment.
At least 40 new bus shelters are to be created in rural areas with this new round of funding.
“The winter storms recently demonstrated the shortage of bus shelters in many rural areas,” Kelly said.
The government has set its sights the public taking five million more journeys using public transport this year.
Other measures, some of which Kelly conceded are “quite small” but will result in an improved service, include:
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I live rural, some actual bus routes would be nice
Done be greedy….at least you’ll have nice shelters to wait in for the buses that don’t exist.
You could always attach a few wheels to your new shelter, and a little engine, and drive around picking up a few locals
They’re for the homeless
In other news: The government announced a multi-million euro stimulus to the paper and printing industries by committing to release 1,000′s of press releases about f**k-all between now and next next general election. Ends.
Oh, and judging by the typo in my effort, they’ll need some proofreaders too…but they’ll only be employed via Jobsbridge.
Yes,yes your right the paper and printing industries up in Northern Ireland and England,very little done in the south when it comes to the elections.i believe those election posters cost between 3-5 euro a pop.
An average of just over 1 bus shelter per county? Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel of election promises..
have to laugh, 10 years ago it would have just been normal improvements and repairs now it “stimulus”. how many times can they steal our money and pretend to give it back?
Just in time for the homeless crisis.
With six more seats three homeless could sleep in each shelter. It’s a winner.
Lovely,
new bus shelters.
All we need now is buses ….
True that Top Cat
Less bus routes, fewer scheduled bus routes, and fewer scheduled rail routes and yet they anticipate an extra 5 million journeys?
I wouldn’t brag about this announcement as this should have taken place many years ago.
I live in Co. Wicklow and on many occasions have offered lifts to people who were utterly soaked waiting at a bus stop.
Few busses be nice.. There is no public transport system in this part of the country! U have to drive or get taxi to town to get on bus..
Nicer bus shelters? We don’t have any buses.
Wow minister….. Wouldn’t you need buses to go with these shelters…
Get a proper bus service first.Talk about cart before the horse.
I live in an urban area. None of the stops near me have a bus shelter.
This is despite there being 8-10 people waiting for every bus at the nearest stop during morning rush hour.
It’s not like Cork is LA and it never rains…
Nice new seats at the bus shelters. Strange move as most routes are closed or are closing down.
Ooooooooo
Cycle tracks and Bus shelters for rural areas sounds great,but I would change it all for a hundred meters of road that doesn’t shake my car to bits.We can see what the government thinks of people in rural Ireland they allocate about seven million and we should be grateful,how many millions for the Luas link in Dublin.This Government truly believes that expenditure stops at Newlands Cross.
Aren’t shiny new bus shelters beacons for the local yobs, to destroy? I thought they gave up on the idea of bus shelters for that very reason a complete waste of money, up for a few days then covered in graffiti, next couple of days you will find them smashed and broken until a week later burned to the ground.
Burnt to the ground?!
Jesus isn’t that great, the government can find the money for transport but can’t find it for housing. God there very clever NOT
What about a bus none round me
Even better if we got buses here in Leitrim.
Dorothy,
That’s a good point so until then Leitrim wot need any bus shelters so we an give them to Mayo, gotta look after Endas part of the woods. Meant cynically
That’s not a bus shelter!!! It’s the waiting area in Power City!!!
Great plan, like the seats now those waiting ages for a bus can sit in comfort that’s nice isn’t it?
Of course you’ll have to live near to one of the 40 shelters, could that be a problem for some?
Finally surely in most countries government, council or whatever just get on with this sort of thing rather than making a big song and dance, or are we that short of good news? Might have answered myself there.
How many cycle deaths will it take MINISTER before this happens ,o will you wait and keep it as an election promise for next time ,what the difference between FF and FG ? A G they are all the same
7000000/40= 175000 per bus shelter. That’s absolutely ridiculous! Surely you could get some Irish firm to make 400 shelters for that much
Can the homeless use these shelters?
There is a most beautiful bus shelter in Dingle …. Wish I could post a picture of it here ….
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