New £5.1m cycle and walking path to link north and west Belfast

The Forth Meadow Community Greenway will run from Clarendon Playing Fields, through the west of the city, all the way to the new Transport Hub in Belfast city centre.

Wayfinding and information signage will be placed along the route with key areas being enhanced with landscaping and planting.

The ambitious project is being delivered by Belfast City Council using funding from the EU’s PEACE IV Programme, and match-funding from The Executive Office at Stormont and the Department of Rural and Community Development in the Republic Ireland.

Lord Mayor Frank McCoubrey said the project “will help regenerate local neighbourhoods” adjacent to the pathway.

“Alongside the capital project which will be completed in 2022, an imaginative community activity and events programme will be delivered at sections along the new greenway, with the aim of bringing communities together and promoting the use of the shared space,” he said.

“By encouraging residents to make more use of facilities in neighbouring areas, the new greenway and activity programme will also encourage interaction between communities that have been divided for too long. This supports the Belfast Agenda, the city’s community plan, which includes aims to regenerate neighbourhoods, improve community relations and create a welcoming, safe, fair and inclusive city for all.”