Active Travel Plan for Skerries

The Portal is open from Monday, 10th November, at 12 noon until 23:59 hours on Friday, 9th January 2026. To make a submission click here

Where has this come from? 

In 2022, Fingal County Council asked local people and businesses to tell us what Active Travel ideas they thought would work best for Skerries, as the first in a series of steps to develop Active Travel proposals for the town. Over 560 submissions were received (view previous submissions here), with more than 2,000 suggestions included in those submissions. The Fingal County Development Plan 2023-2029 (FCDP) and the Fingal Active Travel Strategy 2023 are also key drivers for the development of an Active Travel Plan. At the heart of the development plan is the principle of healthy placemaking, whilst the vision of the strategy is to ensure that walking, cycling and wheeling become a realistic and safe choice for everyday short journeys in the county. 

What is happening now? 

A draft Active Travel Plan has now been created from your suggestions, and Fingal County Council are seeking your feedback on the proposals included in the draft plan before detailed design begins. An Active Travel Plan is a high-level document that proposes a collection of improvements, upgrades and specific projects in order to make it safer and more attractive for people to walk, cycle, or use other human-powered transportation for their purposeful journeys. The proposals that make up the plan are not yet at the level of design that you would find in a planning application, but it is important to FCC that stakeholders around the town feed into the overall vision for active travel in Skerries before any of these proposals is developed further. 

How can I get involved? 

We are holding a public information session on Tuesday 25th November 2025  which gives you the opportunity to learn more about the proposed project, speak to the project team, share your thoughts, and input to the design process. We are also holding dedicated workshop sessions with specific user groups during the consultation window. Details of these sessions can be found below, and registration is required due to limitations on space in the workshop venue. 

Community Groups: Completed Workshop, 6-8pm, 11th November, Skerries Sailing Club, 15 Harbour Rd, K34 KX03 

Business Groups Workshop, 6-8pm, 13th November, Skerries Sailing Club, 15 Harbour Rd, K34 KX03
Register here:https://forms.office.com/e/UgKjanHDLC

Residents Please note that we have reached capacity in the venue for attendees at this workshop. Any residents interested in finding out more about the project are very welcome to come to the public information evening, details of which are below. All materials shared at the workshop will be available for viewing and explanation by the project team on the 25th. 

Public Consultation, 5-8pm, 25th November, Skerries Sailing Club, 15 Harbour Rd, K34 KX03

How can I make a submission?

Any interested person may lodge a submission on the Consultation Portal here 

The Portal is open from Monday, 10th November, at 12 noon until 23:59 hours on Friday, 9th January 2026.

OR

Send a postal submission to the Senior Executive Engineer, Department of Environment, Climate Action, Active Travel and Sports, Fingal County Council, Grove Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 marked clearly with 'Skerries Active Travel Plan'.

Please note that all submissions will be published. Please do not include personal information such as your address or contact details in your submission. If you do, these will be removed in the moderation process prior to publication.

What is Active Travel?

Active Travel means travelling with a purpose using your own energy. It includes walking, scooting, running, wheeling and cycling.

It includes all journeys, with an emphasis on distances under 5km, including trips to work, education, shopping, visiting friends and for recreation.

Active travel considers the needs of those who use prams, pushchairs, scooters, wheelchairs and adapted cycles, as well as new mobility modes such as e-scooters and e-bikes.

Active Travel has a number of benefits including better health and wellbeing, better air quality, lower travel costs, and improved public spaces for everybody to enjoy.

Image above courtesy of National Transport Authority.

Active Travel includes a lot more than just walking and cycling! We want to hear all suggestions, big or small, including ideas for:

• Cycle lanes, bike rental, bike parking
• Improved public spaces, wider footpaths, more space for pedestrians, more seating areas, traffic calming, more tree/shrub planting, etc.
• ‘Park and Stride’ and town edge parking
• Education and communications initiatives
• Safe school zones
• Better access to services for the elderly and people with disabilities
• Safer road crossing points
• Better access to services and amenities by foot or bike
• Traffic calming and other road safety measures
• Better connections between different parts of the town
• Better linkages to public transport

What suggestions might you make?

Think about all types of walking and wheeling. Meet Rachael and her daughter Lena, who walk in Skerries every day.

This public consultation and feasibility study work is made possible thanks to funding from the National Transport Authority’s Active Travel Investment Programme.

This project is being delivered separately to the Fingal Coastal Way Greenway, with the Skerries Active Travel plan focused on the delivery of measures to support Active Travel across Skerries.

Information on the Fingal Coastal Way Greenway development can be found here.