Local sports clubs will have to wait for up to six years to see funding for a proposed new sports facility in Wicklow Town.
A floodlit all-weather pitch with running and cycling tracks could be built on a site at Hawkstown Road.
A separate proposal to use land at Brides Head is also under active review.
Eithne Walsh from the Inbhear Dee Athletics Club says a lack of movement is causing growing frustration in the area.