The Transport Minister says Active Travel measures are ‘key’ to providing safe, active, healthy access to schools, workplaces and for leisure activities.

Darragh O’Brien was speaking to WLR following a week in which local Active Travel projects have again generated controversy.

Asked during his visit to the North Quays on Friday if such projects were having a negative impact on communities, the Minister outlined the positives which exist.

“We’re investing €360m a year as a government in Active Travel measures right across the country,” he said.

“It’s about changing people’s habits and getting people out of their cars and providing the facilities to make it easier to do so.”

He pointed to the Integrated Transport Hub at the North Quays as an example of what can be achieved, describing such projects as “the way forward”.

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