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Two new access roads will serve Galway Shopping Centre traffic

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Two new outlets for traffic are being constructed off the Sean Mulvoy Road and the Headford Road to replace the old slip road access from the current Bodkin Roundabout into the Galway Shopping Centre.

Traffic will be able to enter and leave the Headford Road Shopping Centra via the new junctions that are being constructed as part of the conversion of the Bodkin Roundabout into a signalised, four road system.

Vehicles travelling from the Cemetery Cross Roundabout direction will be able to access the Shopping Centre off the Sean Mulvoy Road – traffic exiting from the car-park at this point will have to turn left, back towards the new Bodkin junction. This will be a ‘left in, left out’ junction with no lights.

The new access point off the Headford Road to the Shopping Centre will allow traffic exiting from the car-park to turn either left or right – incoming traffic to town can turn left into the car-park but outgoing traffic from the city will not have access to any right turn at this junction that does not have lights.

Traffic coming from town – towards the Headford Road Shopping Centre – will continue to have their usual main access right turn to the car-park as is in place at present.

Work on the Bodkin Roundabout conversion is also being carried out in tandem with a new traffic lights ‘crossroads’ junction at the Dun na Coiribe Road.

This intersection will be part of the new ‘exit only’ point from the Dunnes Stores, Terryland Retail Park car-park – traffic exiting here will be able to turn left or right onto the Headford Road at the new signalised junction.

Traffic exiting from the Dun na Coiribe Road will also be able to turn left towards Headford or right into the city. A new pedestrian lights crossing facility will be located on the city side of this junction.

City Council Director of Services, Ciarán Hayes told the Sentinel that work was progressing on schedule on the new signalised project at the Bodkin Roundabout and at the Dun na Coiribe/Terryland Retail Park junction.

“We are very happy with the way that this project is progressing and we expect work to be completed by the end of October, early November period,” said Mr. Hayes.

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