2.1 Complete

2.1 Complete

Comisiún Pleanála with heavy construction to start on the Liffey Valley to City Centre, and Ballymun-Finglas to City Centre schemes this year in 2026.

A total of 11 actions have been completed since the publication of the Year Three SMP Progress Report. Five of these were ongoing actions related to areas of work which take place annually or on an ongoing basis. These include the provision of training and annual work programmes to improve road infrastructure and providing funding for Active Travel infrastructure (Actions 4, 56, 61, 62 and 67).

Action 8, which was to deliver fuelling/ charging infrastructure to support operation of a zero-emission public bus fleet, has been completed, with works finished in Athlone and Limerick and considerable work progressed in Phibsborough, Summerhill, Harristown and Galway.

Other completed actions include the Infrastructure Manager Multi-Annual Contract (IMMAC) contract being approved by Government and signed by the Department and Iarnród Éireann in December 2025 (Action 3), as well as delivering awareness campaigns on public transport (Action 2).

Action 65, which was to ‘Review and make recommendations on facilitating cyclists and pedestrians at junctions, including measures that do not require powered traffic signals’, was completed following the update of regulations.

Finally, Action 76 was completed with the commencement of the review of the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Eastern and Midland Region.

Another action completed was the delivery of additional cycling infrastructure in the GDA and the regional cities (Action 19). The Action Plan set targets of 400km of the GDA and 200km of the regional cities’ networks being completed or under construction by the end of 2025. In total, 416km (GDA) and 350km (regional cities) of cycling infrastructure was completed or underway by the end of the year.