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Wednesday, 4th September, 2024. Vol. 17, Issue 36 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Cooley give resounding no to proposed Greenway
Over 1300 submissions and a petition with over 2300 signatures delivered to County Hall By Paul Byrne
THE message outside County Hall in Dundalk from Cooley landowners, farmers and residents last Friday morning was loud and clear. ‘No to Greenway’ ‘Hands off my Property’ ‘My Property. My Rights. My Choice. No CPO’ ‘Greenways with consent. Not Compulsion’ read just a selection of the hundreds of signs on show as a large crowd welcomed a convoy of tractors and vehicles, who had travelled to Dundalk from Cooley to hand deliver petitions and submissions, objecting to the proposed Dundalk Bay to Carlingford Greenway which will connect with the existing Carlingford Lough Greenway. This will lead to a continuous cross-border greenway from Dundalk to Newry. The project is being delivered by Louth County Council with the support of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and is currently at Phase 2 Option Selection, which involves the development and assessment of these feasible Route Corridor Options to ultimately determine a Preferred Two boxes which contained over 1300 submissions from Coley residents were hand delivered to Route Corridor. County Hall last Friday morning. There was also a petition with over 2300 signatures handed in. Continued on Page 2
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