A long-awaited, around 7km section of the New Ross to Waterford Greenway was mostly opened with little fanfare over the weekend. The route from the edge of Waterfords North Quays project at Ferrybank to Curraghmore in Co Wexford is now open. Kilkenny County Council said it Wishes to advise that the Ferrybank to Curraghmore section of the New Ross to Waterford Greenway is now open to the public.The route has been used by some locals on foot for around a year, but construction barriers made it impractical to cycle. Its opening was largely delayed due to issues with the North Quays project. Kilkenny County Council warned that there is currently limited parking available at Curraghmore, with no parking facilities at the Ferrybank end.IMAGES: Kilkenny County Council posted the following images of the open section of the greenway.The opening over the weekend means that sections of the New Ross to Waterford Greenway are now open at both ends, with a to-be-planned section in the middle (shown as future phase in the map below). Wexford County Council, which is managing the project in association with Kilkenny County Council and Waterford City and County Council, is currently developing plans for the greenway to be completed Delay with North Quays to Waterford City Centre linkThe route will link into Waterford City, but this is also delayed due to issues with the North Quays project.It is around 1.3km from the greenway trailhead to the south quays in Waterford via Rice Bridge Waterford. But while the majority of that distance has been significantly redesigned and revamped as part of the North Quays development, Waterford City and County Council chose to exclude cycle paths on this route. MAP: An image of a map made by IrishCycle.com, with Google Maps, showing the greenway between Ferrybank / North Quays in Waterford to Curraghmore. The new greenway is planned to link into the city via a relocated city train station and a new walking and cycling bridge, which are being built as part of the North Quays project, but Wlrfm.com recently reporteda funding gap for the northside landing area of the sustainable transport bridge.The southern plaza area, on the city centre side of the river, has been publicly funded and is now complete. But the northern plaza was expected to be built by a developer of one of the key new sections of the new development area.The delay is linked to a developer changing plans for residential developments. An objection has been lodged by a local resident about the new plans, and according to waterford-news.ie, planners have requested further information related to the changes, Regarding the new bridge, Sean McKeown, the chief executive of Waterford City and County Council, said: There is a podium required the sustainable transport bridge is effectively tied into the South Quays, but it needs to be properly tied into the North Quays.The estimated opening date for the northern plaza area, which links the bridge to the new train station, is now late 2027.ALSO READ: 27m Active Travel funding used for enabling works on Waterfords car-focused North Quays