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A LONG-AWAITED PROPOSAL to construct a circular bypass around Galway city has been approved by the Government.
Galway County Council is set to submit proposals to An Bord Pleanála for the bypass, after the approval of the €600m Galway City Ring Road was announced yesterday.
It’s hoped the scheme will reduce traffic congestion and improve journey times in and around Galway city, where motorists have experienced long delays for years.
The plan incorporates a new bridge and viaduct over the River Corrib, and two tunnels on the east side of the city.
The proposed route will provide an 18km link between the east and west of the city, closer to the urban area than the original bypass plan.
It has been designed to avoid special conservation areas and environmental concerns that dogged the original plans since they were first proposed in 1999.
The road is also expected to provide direct access to major employment hubs at Parkmore and Ballybrit Business Parks, while planners also hope it will free up road space for public transport and cyclists in the city centre.
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross believed the development would make public transport more attractive for daily commuters and make Galway roads safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
“The people of Galway have long-awaited this decision and will benefit hugely from it,” he said.
The announcement was welcomed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Galway Chamber and local TDs.
Mayor of Galway Niall McNelis also said that while he expected there to be some opposition to the proposal, the road was an “absolute must” for the city to be able to compete for commercial investment on a national level.
“While I welcome all contributions and suggestions to this plan I think I speak for many people when I say that this project is a necessity for Galway’s development,” he said.
“Our infrastructure needs to be brought into line with other cities such as Limerick and Cork with whom we have not been able to keep pace in recent years.”
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Is that all?! If they got at Denis they would shake that out of his back pocket.
10m is a pittance. Does that even cover the cost of CAB?
Imagine how much they’d get if they went after the bankers
Great to hear that the CAB are doing great work, hopefully there will be no political interference when ,not if they go after politicians. O; I almost forgot about garda commissioners getting late night visits.
None from any ‘good’ republicans, or even ‘bad’ ones?
I fcuking didn’t. I hate the way they say Irish people. We won’t see a penny of it. Yet we still have to pay for it.
Yeah I don’t think the mean individuals..
Do you actually suggest that the €4m should have been divided and returned in cash to the population of ireland.
i.e. a cheque for less than €1 each?
And in your opinion would that be a better approach than, say, adding a ward of new beds in a hospital and manning them for a year?
Or improving a few accident black spots around the country?
What about our money that was criminally taken by unsecured bondholders and the ECB. The figures from that HEIST would make 4 million look like small change.
Big swinging m€&!?y 4million back to the exchequer, I’m sure multiples of that were spent in its collection.
The Irish people DID NOT get back almost €4 million worth of dirty money in 2014 as that money probably went to the friends and lobbyists of the government, they had a good time with that money…
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