The old rail line north of Claremorris is a valuable resource for lical communities and the tourism economy. The best use of this resource is to develop it as a Greenway in the short term and when the rail line is being upgraded to build a Greenway alongside the new railway
Main reasons:
If MCC only has the objective of using this rail line for a railway it is likely that this resource will remain unused for many years. It is possible to achieve both a Greenway and a Railway but the sequence should be Greenway now with both the Railway and Greenway later