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Group welcomes more accessible and better wearing greenway surface
A new surface on the Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway will make it more accessible to a range of users with wheels, local campaigners have said.Sealed hard-top surfaces are more accessible because they are easier for bicycles and wheelchairs to navigate, less damage to the paths from heavy rainfall, and the grit in fine gravel surfaces can cause damage to these and other devices.The route runs 30km from Navan in County Meath to Kingscourt in County Cavan, and the surface upgrade is on the Gibbstown-Wilkinstown, north of Navan.A spokesperon for Navan Cycling Initiative said: Exciting news! The greenway surface on the Gibbstown-Wilkinstown section of the Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway will be upgraded this month. TII funding has been secured to apply a bituminous surface, with works scheduled to take place in February.The new path between Gibbstown and Kilberry will also be completed later this month. This means we will have 20km of smooth, high-quality bituminous surface all the way from Navan to Wilkinstown and on to Nobber (with the remaining 10km to come), the spokesperson said. The group added: Navan to Wilkinstown has proven to be hugely popular with all sorts of wheeled users so this will make it even more accessible! New maps are also in the works which will be installed in the display panels at various points along the greenway.
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