Sligo, Leitrim, Northern Counties, Railway (SLNCR) Greenway

Sligo, Leitrim, Northern Counties, Railway (SLNCR) Greenway

Phase 2 – Emerging Preferred Corridor

Public Consultation No. 3

Leitrim County Council, in partnership with Sligo County Council, Cavan County Council, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, under the auspices of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Department for Infrastructure (DfI) are developing the Sligo, Leitrim, Northern Counties, Railway (SLNCR) Greenway.

This Project is to provide a greenway from Sligo Town to Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, passing through Carraroe, Ballysadare, Collooney, Ballintogher, Dromahair, Manorhamilton, Glenfarne, Blacklion, Belcoo and Letterbreen on the way.

Arup has been appointed by Leitrim County Council to provide multi-disciplinary engineering and other specialist consultancy services. To bring the Project through the planning process in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and to provide tender documents for construction of the proposed Greenway in compliance with TII Project Management Guideline documents.

The Project is currently at Stage 2 - Preferred Option of Phase 2 - Option Selection. The purpose of Phase 2 is to examine options to determine a Preferred Option. During Stage 1 of Phase 2, all reasonable / feasible options have been examined and their costs, benefits and effects on the environment were assessed. Following this assessment, an Emerging Preferred Corridor has been identified, and a Third Public Consultation will be held to inform stakeholders and the Public of the Emerging Preferred Corridor.

Public consultation forms an important part of advancing the design process towards the development of route options and allows the involvement of the public in identifying key constraints and opportunities.

The Third Public Consultation is planned from 9am on Tuesday 29th April 2025 to 5pm on Tuesday 27th May 2025. Project Liaison Officers (PLOs) and the Project Team will be available to provide information on the Emerging Preferred Corridor and enable stakeholders to provide feedback, highlighting issues and opportunities.

This consultation is being held online through our project website, www.slncr-greenway.com which contains all the information that will be displayed at the in-person public consultation events. This includes an interactive map which will display the Study Area, the Phase 1 opportunities and constraints, the Phase 2 Option Corridors and the Phase 2 Emerging Preferred Corridor. The project website also contains a FAQs tab and a feedback page for the submission of comments or queries.

We will have in-person events which are as follows:

• Public Consultation Event 1: Tuesday6th May 2025, 12.00-20.00 Sligo Park Hotel & Leisure Club, Pearse Road, F91Y762, Co. Sligo
• Public Consultation Event 2: Wednesday7th May 2025, 12.00-20.00 Dromahair Branch Library, Main Street, Dromahair, F91 YF6E, Co. Leitrim
• Public Consultation Event 3: Thursday8th May 2025, 12.00-20.00 Community Centre Belcoo, 68 Lattone Road, Gorteen, BT93 5DN, Co. Fermanagh

Alternatively, hardcopies of brochures and comment sheets are available for collection from the following offices (addresses below) or email slncr-greenway@arup.com.

Leitrim County Council

Manorhamilton Branch Library

Main Street, Manorhamilton,

Co. Leitrim, F91 C862

Sligo County Council

County Hall, Riverside

Co. Sligo, F91 Y763

Leitrim County Council

Dromahair Branch Library, Main Street Dromahair, Co.Leitrim, F91YF6E

Cavan County Council

Cavan Courthouse

Farnham St Abbeyland

Co. Cavan

H12 R6V2

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

County Buildings

15 East Bridge Street

Enniskillen

Co. Fermanagh

BT74 7BW

Comment sheets can be submitted via the “Contact Us” feedback page at www.slncr-greenway.com or emailed to slncr-greenway@arup.com, or by return of post to one of the following addresses:

• SLNCR Greenway PLO, Sligo Regional Design Office, Sligo County Council, Unit 1, The Embankment, Castle Street, Sligo, F91 E4XY, Freepost FSG7627
• SLNCR Greenway PLO, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, 15 East Bridge Street, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, BT74 7BW
• SLNCR Greenway PLO, Leitrim County Council, Áras An Chontae, St. Georges Terrace, Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim, N41 PF67, Freepost LM7412

Please note for submissions relating to County Cavan the Leitrim County Council address above should be used.

The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 27th May 2025.

Leitrim County Council values the opinion of the community on the Project and welcomes comments from the public and interested parties. For further information on Public Consultation 3, please see QR code to the right.

www.slncr-greenway.com