Castlebar Local Transport Plan

Local Transport Plans:-

The National Transport Authority (NTA) placed an onus on each Local Authority to prepare and develop Local Transport Plans (LTP), the plans when completed are incorporated into the Local Authority's statutory Local Area Plans (LAP).

The LTP will guide future transport investment in the larger towns by developing a transport system that epitomises sustainability, accessibility, and community development while catering for demand.

The plans examine all transport modes and how they interacted both in the town centres and environs and how developing on current infrastructure and incorporating exisitng link routes and reimaginging current traffic routes can provide seamless connectivity for active travel and public transport modes to promote and encourage active travel which will reduce traffic congestion & pollution within the towns.

Castlebar Local Transport Plan

The Castlebar Local Transport Plan (LTP) was officially formalised in June 2024. Clifton Scannel Emerson Associate Consultants were appointed by Mayo County Council under the guidance of the NTA to prepare the Castlebar LTP.

The initial draft of the plan went on public display from 10^th March 2023 to 6^th April 2023. In addition to the statutory consultation period, an opening evening was held which provided further opportunity for public engagement on the proposed plan.

A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening determination was made in repect of Castlebar LTP under the European Communities (Environmental Asssessment of Certain Plans & Programmes) Regulations 2004 / 2011.

The SEA screening process determined whether a full SEA was required, it assessed whether the LTP was likely to have significant effect on the environment. The Plan had been tested against a number of criteria as set out in the regulations and it was determined that the LTP for Castlebar did not require a full SEA.

To view the Castlebar LTP in detail, please click on links below:

For full details on the SEA screening process, please click on links below: