It's hoped that a route through south Roscommon and on into Galway for the Dublin-Galway greenway will be identified before Christmas.
The lead engineer in charge of the project says there has been a lot of consultation over the past year after 5 route options were published.
Michael Kelly says the aim is to use as much public land as possible for the route but some private landowners will also be involved.
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He says they've been talking to the landowners in the areas concerned in recent months and they hope a route that everyone could agree on may be published before the end of the year:
