UnitedÕs future up in the air

Date Published: {J}

Galway could become the ÒVenice of IrelandÓ when a new three-year plan to rejuvenate the cityÕs waterways is completed, according to Chairman of the Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees.

More than Û230,000 funding has been secured by the Trustees for this year alone and preliminary work has already started on the enhancement of the cityÕs canals and waterside walkways.

The enhancement scheme will include all the canals and waterways stretching from the Claddagh Basin and Dominick Street right up to the Fisheries Field at NUIG. In addition to replacing and resurfacing footpaths and pavements so that they are safer and more user friendly, the first phase of improvement works will include upgrading and enhancing the railings, boundary walls, signs and boards and landscaping and installing new public benches.

The next phases of the rejuvenation will……………….