Shane Ross says the National Transport Authority will work with the council in Waterford to improve walking and cycling infrastructure.
It's part of efforts to allow for greater social distancing in our cities as Covid-19 restrictions begin to be lifted.
The Transport Minister says Dublin City Council's draft plan is due within days:
"My Department is funding the NTA to work with local authorities in developing Covid-19 mobility frameworks that will set out specific plans to deliver things like widening footpaths, temporary protected cycle facilities, including new contraflow routes, revised bus routing and bus priority measures and enhanced pedestrian priority zones.
"The first of these frameworks is being developed with Dublin City Council. It is intended that similar plans will be implemented in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford and works identified will be funded through my Department's sustainable mobility investment programme."
