This needs to go ahead!

Look at what's happening in Paris. How quickly the locals have adopted and embraced cycling once the infrastructure was in place. I find it strange that even writing this submission as it seems like a no brainer. Limerick is not Paris..... or Amsterdam, or Munich, or Copenhagen. But Limerick is not unique or an outlier either in terms of demographics, population, climate, or urban form. We need to learn from these places. These cities have become more liveable as a result of the uptake in cycling. This scheme is essential to provide a sustainable, healthy and community focused alternative to the private car for residents of Raheen, Dooradoyle, and Limerick City West. The proposed design can be better and in-line with best in class designs but I am willing to look past that now and just deliver the current scheme and improve later. Its importance to the growth of the city centre, to our climate obligations, and to the wellbeing of our city can not be overstated. This is not a radical proposal and should have been in pace years ago. Limerick needs infrastructure like this if it wants to be considered a modern and liveable city.