Road widening will facilitate safer walkway on route to Knockma Hill

The widening of a road through a North Galway village and the removal of a bad bend can now facilitate the construction of a footpath to one of the most visited attractions in the area.

Galway County Council is involved in a land exchange in Belclare that will allow the construction of a footpath that will eventually bring walkers all the way out to Knockma Hill in Castlehackett.

And Cllr Donagh Killilea (FF) told a meeting of Galway County Council that the provision of the footpath to the popular walking destination would complement the recent completion of the renewal scheme in the village.

He said that a road realignment and the provision of a footpath could not be done without the cooperation of local landowners and he complimented those involved for making this possible.

The meeting was told that following the widening of the R333 (Belclare to Castlehackett road) there was a parcel of land that was surplus to requirements along the stretch.

Director of Services, Derek Pender, explained that it is normal practice to offer such a portion of land to the owner from whom it was originally purchased.

From liaising with the landowner, it became apparent that he was also the owner of lands on which Galway County Council wished to construct a footpath in Belclare village.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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