3 Derry to

Corridor Number and Name		European Sites wholly or partially within the 4km NCN Proposed Corridor	Consideration of potential impacts	Mitigation approach for Corridor
			200m of a European site, these impacts are avoidable through either routing decisions or decisions regarding how the relevant sections of cycle route will be created (e.g. utilising existing infrastructure rather than creating new infrastructure in the most constrained sections, or using standard mitigation methods).
4	Letterkenny to Strabane	Lough Swilly SAC, River Finn SAC, River Foyle and Tributaries SAC, Lough Swilly SPA	For the most part the 4km corridor allows a final route to be located well away from	The final route alignment should avoid any new construction within 200m of any European sites as a first preference. Where European sites are to be traversed existing roads and bridges should be used to carry the cycle route where feasible and there should be no new lighting introduced in areas that are currently unlit unless it can be demonstrated that there would be no adverse effect on site integrity. If any new construction within 200m is needed to create the cycle route a noise and air quality