The Irish government is “impeding” local councils’ road safety plans, putting cyclists “in danger”, and hampering climate goals, a mayor has claimed, after swingeing cuts were made to active travel grants across Ireland. Meanwhile, another plan to install 2.8km of “high-quality” cycle lanes on the R132 Dublin Road was awarded just €2,500 from the Pathfinders programme. Hall also asserted that the cuts were “impeding” the council’s road safety plans and preventing Louth from fulfilling both national and local climate action plans. “Our highest increase in emissions in Ireland over the last decade has been in transport, because we are so car-centric. “We are asking the council to clarify how this reduction will impact the development of Active Travel improvements in Drogheda,” the group said.