Coolaney to Rockfield footpath scheme to provide safer access to national school

By Philip Rooney, The Sligo Champion

The news that funding has been allocated as part of the Active Travel Scheme and that work is due to start this spring on the Coolaney to Rockfield footpath scheme has been welcomed by Cllr Dara Mulvey.

Dara Mulvey has been in regular contact with Sligo County Council in relation to the matter and has stated tender documents are back with the Active Travel team for inspection for this long awaited footpath scheme, located along Local Road L6804-0.

The new footpath will start at the entrance to Fort Haven housing estate and continue to Rockfield National School and church with works hoped to start in spring time.

Cllr Mulvey explained the project started when “A group of parents and myself put a nine-page document together with the objective to create a safe pedestrian path connecting Coolaney village to Rockfield National School and Church and will also provide new public lighting along the new footpath is welcomed by local Cllr Dara Mulvey who has been to the forefront of this project since bringing senior engineering roads staff out to meet concerned parents to view how unsafe the stretch of road was.

Cllr Mulvey added, “I want to acknowledge the work of the Coolaney steering group, various roads engineers and the active travel team who have worked on this project and I look forward to seeing the work start.”

Article Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.