{"id":20094,"date":"2022-02-15T18:03:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=20094"},"modified":"2022-02-15T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:04:16","slug":"pathways-get-the-green-light-at-valley-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2022\/02\/pathways-get-the-green-light-at-valley-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathways Get the Green Light at Valley Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pedestrians and cyclists will soon enjoy new and upgraded shared use paths within the Valley Park and Glas- na-Braden Glen. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/press-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/press-5-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20095\" width=\"171\" height=\"256\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Pedestrians and cyclists will soon enjoy new and upgraded shared use paths within the Valley Park and Glas- na-Braden Glen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a major boost for outdoor recreation in the area with an investment of \u00a398,000 to develop the path network. The project has been part funded by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council contributing \u00a314,700 and a further \u00a383,300 coming from DAERA\u2019s Environment Challenge Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improvements to both the existing and new paths will see 3m wide walkways connect the west side of the Valley Park into Glas-na-Braden Glen. From there the route will then lead walkers and cyclists on a journey to explore the shores of Belfast Lough at Gideon\u2019s Green and Hazelbank Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Billy Webb said, \u201cThe Greenway Project will create a safer, more accessible route for cyclists and walkers and encourage more people to get outdoors and live an active, healthy lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the new path, you can take yourself away from the busy traffic congestion, get on your bike and enjoy the views of the local area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Council are also planning to develop safe shared path connections between Mallusk\/Hightown to the Antrim Road with improvements at Scullions Road creating a safe route around Sandyknowes roundabout.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedestrians and cyclists will soon enjoy new and upgraded shared use paths within the Valley Park and Glas- na-Braden Glen. It\u2019s a major boost for outdoor recreation in the area with an investment of \u00a398,000 to develop the path network. The project has been part funded by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council contributing \u00a314,700 and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2022\/02\/pathways-get-the-green-light-at-valley-park\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20094"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20097,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20094\/revisions\/20097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}