Part 2 of the Sustainability Grand Tour series will focus on highlighting recent projects rolled out in Kildare in 2020 to provide a better re-allocation of road space for pedestrians, and cyclists.

Speaker Sharon O’Gara will present on a number of schemes undertaken as part of the covid-19 tactical response in urban areas in Kildare.

The initiative is hoped to encourage sustainable modes, both during and post-Covid restrictions, and to ensure meaningful investment of the €360m pledged annually for Walking and Cycling projects, in a sustainable manner, while encouraging small to medium sized investment projects to be undertaken nationally, to aid recovery.

Engineers Ireland Sustainability Grand Tour

‘The Sustainability Grand Tour’ is an online CPD seminar series organised by a number of Regions and Sectors within Engineers Ireland. The seminar series will explore the role of the engineers in developing more sustainable cities and communities, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and present case study examples of leading sustainability engineering projects. Lectures predominantly run each Wednesday evening during January, February and March, speakers from all over Ireland and internationally, will present on their work followed by a Q&A session with the audience, instigating a deeper discussion into the various topics. The seminar series aims to demonstrate how engineers can integrate sustainability concepts into their projects at all stages from design to end-of-life.