BOG MEADOWS GREENWAY
“Bog Meadows Greenway”
A major factor in West Belfast’s low cycling rates is a lack of safe, dedicated connections with the city centre.
A new greenway project to create a 2.7 mile traffic-free corridor from the heart of Belfast to Andersonstown could boost active travel in the city, and enhance the prospects of an even more impressive West Belfast project – the “South West Gateway”.
ROUTE DETAILS
| Length | 2 kilometres |
| Estimate | £0.5 million |
| Timescale | 2026 to 2040 |
| Type | New greenway idea |
| Border area | Yes |
| Councils | Belfast City Council |
Article: Bog Meadows Greenway (September 2016, Bikefast.org)
“Planning a dedicated cycling route along the edge of the M1 motorway to the Kennedy Indutrial Estate would create a truly viable active travel corridor into Belfast City Centre, capable of real modal shift and relief to the congested Falls Road.
The existing pathways across the Bog Meadows and across into Falls Park cut a handy route as far as Turf Lodge, but does little to promote safe cycling routes into the more populous areas of Andersonstown and beyond.”
PROGRESS UPDATES
Idea stage
Feasibility
Construction
Completed
GREENWAY PROJECTS WHICH INTERSECT
A developing system of urban cycleways to link every part of the city and the surrounding greenway route network.
GET INVOLVED
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