Tuesday deadline for submissions on new Navan cycle scheme

The deadline for submissions on the proposed the new cycle and pedestrian scheme from Athlumney to the Trim Road in Navan is next Tuesday at 4pm.
Meath County Council has been holding public consultations on the scheme, which includes dedicated cycling facilities, over the past month.
Submissions or observations  should be made in writing to the Local Authority: Planning Department, Meath County Council, Buvinda House, Dublin Road, Navan, Co. Meath, C15 Y291, by email to planning@meathcoco.ie  or online via https://consult.meath.ie/en/browse on or before 4pm on Tuesday.
The route of the scheme extends from the Beechmount Avenue junction on the Trim Road to Railway Street, connecting with the recently constructed roundabout at the Solstice Arts Centre and onto Circular Road. 
It then crosses the Dublin Road and continues northward along the River Boyne to the  new cantilevered bridge  and onto the Convent Road, over the railway bridge, past Athlumney Castle to Elm Park in Athlumney.
New signalised pedestrian crossings are proposed on the Trim Road at Beechmount, at St Columbus Crescent (giving access to Beaufort College), and at its junction with Carriage
Road. 
New signalised pedestrian crossings are also proposed at the Circular Road/Academy Street junction.
Following planning consent and subject to funding, works could begin in 2019 and be substantially complete in 2021.  
The proposed cycle scheme is based on the National Transport Authority’s published Greater Dublin Area Network Plan, which includes a network of cycle routes for Navan.
“The proposed cycle scheme will deliver a more accessible town, making Navan a better place to live, work and visit. It will provide important links to schools, communities, businesses and amenities,” according to Meath County Council.
The scheme will consist of 2.9km of segregated cycle and pedestrian facilities, starting at Beechmount Junction on the Trim Road, moving north eastwards to the roundabout at the Solstice Art Centre, then going east onto Circular Road to meet the old Dublin Road. From there, a two-way cycle track and pedestrian footpath will travel along the road on the riverbank, where it will join up with the cycle facilities on the new cantilevered bridge, which is currently under construction, to cross the River Boyne and continues out the Kentstown Road to the junction with Convent Lane.
At Convent Lane, the footpaths will be upgraded and a shared on-road space for cyclists and vehicular traffic will be provided which continues as far as the entrance to St Michaels, Loreto Secondary School. Separate facilities will then be provided for cyclists and pedestrians as far as the railway bridge, at which point, north bound cyclist’s revert to a shared road space with one way (north bound) traffic maintained. This scheme ends at the top of Convent Lane at the junction with Elm Park.
Several existing pedestrian crossings are to be upgraded, including the crossing adjacent to Flowerfield National School on the Dublin Road at the Circular Road junction, and on the Trim Road at the Dan Shaw Road junction located adjacent to Supervalu.
New signalised pedestrian crossings are proposed on the Trim Road at Beechmount, at St Columbus Crescent and at its junction with Carriage Road, as well as at the Circular Road/Academy Street junction.