Electrical work delay for public bike scheme roll-out

Public bike schemes in Cork, Galway and Limerick will not be in place until November — four months later than originally planned.

A spokesman for the National Transport Agency (NTA) yesterday said that electrical work is ongoing to deliver power to the 73 bike stations that are to be located across the three cities before construction on the collection points begins.

The NTA is to launch a pre-registration process for the scheme “in the next few weeks” with the first of the three cities to see the Coke Zero-sponsored bikes on its streets a month after the public has been invited to sign-up for the scheme.