Dozens of Meath bus stops improved as 33 new shelters added in five years
At the March meeting of Meath County Council, Sinn Féin councillor Maria White asked the local authority to provide details of the number of new bus shelters installed in each Municipal District between 2021 and 2026.
The council said a total of 33 shelters were constructed during that period across the county’s municipal districts.
The breakdown shows that 10 shelters were installed in the Navan Municipal District. Five shelters were delivered in each of the Ashbourne, Kells and Laytown and Bettystown municipal districts, while four were constructed in both the Ratoath and Trim municipal districts.
Meanwhile, improvement works have been carried out at 32 bus stop locations across Meath under a new transport infrastructure programme.
The works were confirmed at the March meeting following a separate question from Councillor Helen Meyer, who sought a breakdown of annual spending under the Bus Stop Enhancement Programme.
In her question to the council, the councillor asked that the local authority provide annual expenditure figures from the €500,000 allocated through the programme between 2020 and 2025, along with details of the number of bus stops improved each year.
In its response, the council said the Bus Stop Enhancement Programme is an initiative of the National Transport Authority aimed at improving bus infrastructure over a five-year period from 2025 to 2029.
It said the €500,000 allocation for the first year of the scheme in 2025 had been spent on construction and improvement works at 32 separate bus stop locations across the county.
“Design work also commenced during the year on a further 40 locations across the county,” the council said.
“As the Bus Stop Programme only commenced in 2025, there is no specific information in relation to bus stops for previous years as works to bus stops were included in other works at the location.”
The local authority said the National Transport Authority works with relevant stakeholders to identify priority locations for improvement, with local authorities responsible for delivering the projects on the ground.