What the Council are doing to promote Active and Sustainable Travel?
Meath County Council is working to build Active Travel and Sustainable Transport travel choices into everyday life as part of normal daily routines and for other occasional journeys.
- We are committed to making sustainable and active travel an attractive, realistic choice for journeys in Meath.
- We promote sustainable transport options, active travel (walking and cycling) and encourage the switch away private vehicle use.
This will help to improve air quality, reduce congestion on the roads, and help promote health and wellbeing in the County. According to Environmental Protection Agency, Transport accounted for 21.4% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2023. We are focused on the delivery of infrastructure and initiatives designed to promote both Active and Sustainable Travel. According to the CSO’s 2019 National Travel Survey, more than 29% of car journeys are less than 2km and, accordingly, our efforts are primarily focused on increasing levels of active travel and sustainable transport use, reducing the levels of local trips by private car.
In 2021, Meath County Council established a dedicated Active Travel Office, with funding from the National Transport Authority, who will have responsibility for transforming Meath’s cycling and walking network. Through this partnership with the NTA we will deliver a high-quality, accessible and connected network of cycleways and pedestrian routes in addition to providing for sustainable transport solutions to promote active travel.
An allocation of €12,500,000 was made to Meath County Council in 2025 by the National Transport Authority in relation to active travel and sustainable transport projects including Navan 2030, delivery of the Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan, cycling networks, pedestrian schemes, bus stop improvements, safe routes to schools, cycle parking, public realm improvements, accessibility improvements and other works.
A list of the projects funded under the NTA's 2025 Active Travel programme is available below. The schemes prioritise healthier, more sustainable forms of travel, allowing people to access local services more easily and better enjoy the spaces around them, as well as encouraging people to maintain smarter, healthier travel habits over the long term. Many of the schemes are at the concept stage and require further assessment, evaluation and study before they can be considered ready for construction, but the list does provide a useful starting point for many of the schemes planned in Meath.
This page will continue to be updated as these projects progress.
2025 Active travel investment allocation
