Louth County Council has asked Irish Traffic Surveys to conduct a series of traffic and parking surveys on the Cooley Peninsula.

The council, with the support of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, is developing proposals for the Dundalk Bay to Carlingford Greenway project.   

The surveys commenced on July 11, and will last for approximately four weeks.

According to Louth County Council, the gathered data will be used to examine existing parking usage, its impact on the road networks, as well as to identify public issues.

The surveys will consist of manual counts, automatic traffic counters, and remote cameras.

The remote cameras will only monitor the road area, and the images taken will not be of license plates or individual faces, ensuring that personal information is not obtained.

Louth County Council has indicated that the following timeline will apply to all stakeholders, including landowners:

Peer review: End of August / early September.
Responses to issues raised in peer review: Early to mid-September.
Letters to affected landowners: Mid to late September.
Presentation to elected members: Late September.
Public consultation event: Late September / early October.

The exact dates are yet to be determined, and are subject to approval from TII.

Separately, this month (July 1) Cork County Council has invited members of the public to participate in the third public consultation for the Cork to Kinsale Greenway.

The council said that the purpose of this non-statutory public consultation is to display and present the emerging preferred route corridor for the greenway and to invite feedback.

The project, funded by TII's Greenway Programme, aims to provide a greenway between Cork City and Kinsale, and a link to future greenways in west Cork.

The project is currently nearing completion of phase 2, known as the option selection process.

The public consultation is now open online at the Cork Kinsale Greenway website until August 15, 2025.