City Council outlines plan to tackle traffic chaos

Galway City Council – People will start to see the fruits of Galway City Council’s labour over the coming months, as the local authority puts into action its long-planned strategy to tackle the city’s traffic woes.

Council Chief Executive Brendan McGrath said this week that their vision was for a “modern, robust and climate-friendly” transport system for a city that was set to have a population increase of 45,000 residents in the next 20 years.

He said engineers and consultants had been working tirelessly since the Galway Transport Strategy was adopted by councillors in 2016 to ready the ground and there would be several projects on which they would be breaking ground in the not-too-distant future.

While the €650 million Galway City Ring Road was a huge part of that, several other projects would be just as significant in a process Mr McGrath said would give the streets back to the city’s citizens.

A raft of projects are due to commence and be completed within the next five years, including: upgrading the Menlo Park (work begins next month), Galway Clinic and GMIT Roundabouts; a bus corridor from east to west; an improved cycling network; and a pedestrian bridge at Salmon Weir.
This is a preview only. To read extensive cover of the plans for transport, see this week’s Galway City Tribune. Buy a digital edition of this week’s paper here, or download the app for Android or iPhone.