Road Works in Barna

civis_liberalis

God, it's a ****ing nightmare.

Does anyone have any info on when they plan to have it all wrapped up?

I heard from someone during the week that also travels through there into town every day that some problems were encountered.

She reckoned that when they were digging, they hit water. They then proceeded to pour concrete into it. Consequently, the water's course was altered and created problems where it was then running to.

I can't confirm that story with any proof, so I will take it with a pinch of salt until someone convinces me otherwise.

My journey into Galway would take 1 hour without traffic. With traffic it takes, on a good day, 1h30. On a bad day you can add anything up to close to an hour onto that.

ronnie3585

civis_liberalis wrote: »

She reckoned that when they were digging, they hit water. They then proceeded to pour concrete into it.

Mmmmm concrete, that's much tastier than lead:rolleyes:


Sorry, nothing constructive to add. Those road works are a serious pain in the arse though. Would you think of turning left at the village and heading down the golf course road, it brings you out the Galway side of Moycullen. I think it saved me some time the last time I went that way.

ukgalwaymcguire

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Mmmmm concrete, that's much tastier than lead:rolleyes:


Sorry, nothing constructive to add. Those road works are a serious pain in the arse though. Would you think of turning left at the village and heading down the golf course road, it brings you out the Galway side of Moycullen. I think it saved me some time the last time I went that way.

you can take the high road, which will lead you out too the rahoon road, near west side as well, all country lanes, but no traffic or very little
as for when they have it done, not a clue its been going on since june now!!

civis_liberalis

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

you can take the high road, which will lead you out too the rahoon road, near west side as well, all country lanes, but no traffic or very little

Unfortunately, I'm using our glorious public transport system.

john concannon

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

you can take the high road, which will lead you out too the rahoon road, near west side as well, all country lanes, but no traffic or very little
as for when they have it done, not a clue its been going on since june now!!

People have figured that out already.I live near the road heading there for a country road it is fairly packed.If you leave pre 7.30 the main road is grand.

I think that they are moving the roadworks closer towards Supervalu and they could take 9 months to finish.:eek:

ronnie3585

john concannon wrote: »

I think that they are moving the roadworks closer towards Supervalu and they could take 9 months to finish.:eek:

Christ on a bike - 9 months. What are they doing exactly?

ZorbaTehZ

What I don't understand though is why they have 1 guy at either end turning a sign during working hours, and only turn on the automated traffic lights when they've all left? There seems to be an unusually high amount of slackers there, for example a few days ago, guy operating the JCB asleep, cap over face, legs up on controls.

cornbb

Those roadworks are really pissing me off. Someone told me (it was a taxi driver, so take with a huge pinch of salt) that they're gonna go all the way out to Spiddal. Which would mean they'd be due to finish sometime in the late 23rd century, at the current rate.

ethernet

Meant to be even more road works near the Móinín na gCiseach roundabout (sorry, can't spell English version!). Nice sign plonked at the side of the road coming up to Bradley's giving notice of major works in October and advice to use alternative routes. Great.

civis_liberalis

ethernet wrote: »

Meant to be even more road works near the Móinín na gCiseach roundabout (sorry, can't spell English version!). Nice sign plonked at the side of the road coming up to Bradley's giving notice of major works in October and advice to use alternative routes. Great.

You are not serious..... Oh my god! I have to go through Barna and now some ****ing roadworks at Moneenageisha roundabout also. Can't wait.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Malice

civis_liberalis wrote: »

You are not serious..... Oh my god! I have to go through Barna and now some ****ing roadworks at Moneenageisha roundabout also. Can't wait.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

But the Moneenageisha roundabout at least has an alternate route.

As for the Barna roadworks, as a resident of the village I can tell you it is a killer in the evening. Adding 10-15 minutes to your journey home after work is not fun. The trouble with taking the back roads around Rahoon/Tonabrucky is that, by the time you come back down to the junction at the 12 Pins and Donnellys, you'd probably have been better off just joining the queue of cars.

As for when the roadworks will finish, apparently they're having trouble with bedrock which is taking longer than expected to shift. Nobody knows when they will be finished really .

What really annoys me about the roadworks is the amount of cars that skip through the lights when they are red but that's a rant for another day .

civis_liberalis

malice_ wrote: »

But the Moneenageisha roundabout at least has an alternate route.

As I mentioned above, I am using public transport at the moment and I doubt if Bus Éireann will alter their route due to the roadworks.

It would involve common sense and besides, the alternate route may be just as bad with many others having the same idea...

Aidan Mc

Just as a matter of interest, about how long does it take the bus to get from Bearna to Eyre Square in the morning? And is the bus (reasonably) reliable? (Am moving to Galway soon, have considered living in Bearna though am put off by the roadworks and I also wonder how reliable the bus is, cos I need to be in Eyre Sq by 9am!)

civis_liberalis

Aidan Mc wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest, about how long does it take the bus to get from Bearna to Eyre Square in the morning?

The Carraroe-Galway bus goes through Barna at 08.10 in the morning. It is generally in the city centre at 9am or just before. There is a later bus which comes from Spiddal stopping at Barna at 08.20. It is meant be in town at 08.55 but I would not believe that for a second. Maybe someone can correct me on that, but it's unlikely.

Not due into Galway until late this morning so only leaving now. Hopefully traffic will have cleared a good bit...

Malice

civis_liberalis wrote: »

As I mentioned above, I am using public transport at the moment and I doubt if Bus Éireann will alter their route due to the roadworks.

It would involve common sense and besides, the alternate route may be just as bad with many others having the same idea...

Ah, I missed that post . I agree that the last thing we'll see from Bus Éireann is an outbreak of common sense.

civis_liberalis wrote: »

The Carraroe-Galway bus goes through Barna at 08.10 in the morning. It is generally in the city centre at 9am or just before. There is a later bus which comes from Spiddal stopping at Barna at 08.20. It is meant be in town at 08.55 but I would not believe that for a second. Maybe someone can correct me on that, but it's unlikely.

Not due into Galway until late this morning so only leaving now. Hopefully traffic will have cleared a good bit...

Those times sound about right. The traffic through the village into town is pretty bad so I'm told between 8am and 9am even without the roadworks.

pltC!

Havent ye all very little to be complaining about - Held up in Traffic! Id hate to see if ye had any real dramas going on. We have all been held up by works going on but its not going to last forever just get over it!!

Malice

pltC! wrote: »

Havent ye all very little to be complaining about - Held up in Traffic! Id hate to see if ye had any real dramas going on. We have all been held up by works going on but its not going to last forever just get over it!!

Oh the irony of signing up to post a complaint about people posting complaints .

pltC!

malice_ wrote: »

Oh the irony of signing up to post a complaint about people posting complaints .

Well it is a farce ye are all complaining about how long it is taking to get from A to B yet ye all seem to have time to sign up to this and post yer complaints and like I said if work has to be done it has to be done and it wont last forever!
Oh yea MALICE kinda says it all doesnt it!!:) Nice Name!

big b

pltC! wrote: »

Havent ye all very little to be complaining about - Held up in Traffic! Id hate to see if ye had any real dramas going on. We have all been held up by works going on but its not going to last forever just get over it!!

Back to leaning on that shovel with you!

Malice

pltC! wrote: »

Well it is a farce ye are all complaining about how long it is taking to get from A to B yet ye all seem to have time to sign up to this and post yer complaints

Well... you'll see from my profile that I signed up in 2004, long before the current roadworks were being done.

pltC! wrote:

and like I said if work has to be done it has to be done and it wont last forever!

Sure if the work has to be done but it is frustrating. There's no getting away from that fact.

pltC! wrote:

Oh yea MALICE kinda says it all doesnt it!!:) Nice Name!

What does it say? It's just a name.

pltC!

Shovel??????? - not only do you complain about very little but your ignorant with it ! No need to be like that!!

pltC!

malice_ wrote: »

Well... you'll see from my profile that I signed up in 2004, long before the current roadworks were being done.

Sure if the work has to be done but it is frustrating. There's no getting away from that fact.

What does it say? It's just a name.

Im not saying its not frustrating dont get me wrong but everyone is in that situation at some stage just have to wait till it finishes thats all you can do nothing else! And the name sorry just a come back about your smart message

Did you see the message about the shovel like there is no need for that people by there nature love to complain but ya know we may be stuck in traffic but its not the end of the world!

ronnie3585

pltC! wrote: »

Did you see the message about the shovel like there is no need for that people by there nature love to complain but ya know we may be stuck in traffic but its not the end of the world!

Why are you complaining about the shovel comment. It's very little you have to be complaining about.

pltC!

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Why are you complaining about the shovel comment. It's very little you have to be complaining about.

Comedian - maybe you should go and lean on a shovel for a while!

ronnie3585

Wow, witty and original.

Back under your bridge, troll.

pltC!

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Wow, witty and original.

Back under your bridge, troll.

Oh ronnie ronnie quite contrary you are :rolleyes: Saucer of Milk for Mr Ronnie!

biko

Duel at dawn! Handbags or shovels?

pltC!

biko wrote: »

Duel at dawn! Handbags or shovels?

Nice one biko - very funny!

Chris_533976

Im delighted with the Barna works - it lets traffic through in blocks which makes it easier for me to turn out from the Cappagh Road onto the Barna road in the mornings

Oh. Barna. How I love thee.

I remember moving into there back in the early 90's and there being nothing but the centra (which is a tyre shop last time I went through there?) and Joyce's shop (which is being knocked down) and of course the 2 pubs and the school.

Now...

it's a sh1thole

civis_liberalis

pltC! wrote: »

its not going to last forever

You do realise this is the Galway CC we are talking about?

Malice

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh. Barna. How I love thee.

I remember moving into there back in the early 90's and there being nothing but the centra (which is a tyre shop last time I went through there?) and Joyce's shop (which is being knocked down) and of course the 2 pubs and the school.

Now...

it's a sh1thole

Barna was just as bad in the early 90s I reckon .

ethernet

pltC! wrote: »

Well it is a farce ye are all complaining about how long it is taking to get from A to B yet ye all seem to have time to sign up to this and post yer complaints and like I said if work has to be done it has to be done and it wont last forever!
Oh yea MALICE kinda says it all doesnt it!!:) Nice Name!

As do you as well, clearly.

conorL

Pretty crap roadworks alright. I live in Oranmore and work out past Spiddal, so I've an interesting commute every day. Nice new roadworks in Renmore now too!

Malice

conorL wrote: »

Pretty crap roadworks alright. I live in Oranmore and work out past Spiddal, so I've an interesting commute every day. Nice new roadworks in Renmore now too!

Do you have to deal with the roadworks on the Maree road in Oranmore as well?

lisajane

When do they plan on finishing with the roadworks?

Malice

lisajane wrote: »

When do they plan on finishing with the roadworks?

I think at this point they must be an experiment in perpetual motion.

Sponge Bob

The worst bit of all will be in August when they dig up the entire junction at the 12 to join 4 pipe runs together and with a stream running thru it ( and down the side of Donnellys) . It has been fine in recent months now they buggered off up a boreen instead.

GerardKeating

conorL wrote: »

Pretty crap roadworks alright. I live in Oranmore and work out past Spiddal, so I've an interesting commute every day. Nice new roadworks in Renmore now too!

And they continue still ???

Malice

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The worst bit of all will be in August when they dig up the entire junction at the 12 to join 4 pipe runs together and with a stream running thru it ( and down the side of Donnellys)

Please tell me you're joking about this?

mercuroman

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The worst bit of all will be in August when they dig up the entire junction at the 12 to join 4 pipe runs together and with a stream running thru it ( and down the side of Donnellys) . It has been fine in recent months now they buggered off up a boreen instead.

NNNNOOOO - WTF? Back to taking the back road down Knocknacarra for a few months again

banshee_bones

ugh. i was stuck in this mile of traffic trying to get into or through Barna at 3 or 4 pm - ish yesterday evening for 35 minutes and it seemed to ben or i thought it was because of those new fu£king traffic lights at the crossroads? WHY do they need traffic lights there! WHY! its ridiculous! i was told the roadworks had finished a while back?

Diabhal Beag

I love looking outside at all the cars in traffic in Barna. Get a bike for christ sake :pac:

big b

banshee_bones wrote: »

ugh. i was stuck in this mile of traffic trying to get into or through Barna at 3 or 4 pm - ish yesterday evening for 35 minutes and it seemed to ben or i thought it was because of those new fu£king traffic lights at the crossroads? WHY do they need traffic lights there! WHY! its ridiculous! i was told the roadworks had finished a while back?

hmm. maybe some "influential" people live up that road, and don't like having to wait to get out onto the main road? Maybe.;)

big b

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

I love looking outside at all the cars in traffic in Barna. Get a bike for christ sake :pac:

Yeah, it's an easy cycle in from Carraroe on a good day.
Like it's an easy cycle in from Inverin on a rainy one.
You'd want a deathwish to cycle that road in any weather,really.
Not everyone using that road lives in Barna or Furbo.

banshee_bones

big b wrote: »

Not everyone using that road lives in Barna or Furbo.

Yeah some people may actually live in town, or the other side of the city.

MayoForSam

Or Tuam (like me) traveling in and out to Inverin every day :rolleyes:. Biking would be a tad unrealistic.

Oh! Outer-City-Bypass, why hast thou forsaken me?

big b

You commute from Tuam to Inverin? Jebus.:eek:

Tell ya what- if I find a job in Tuam - wanna swop?:D

Diabhal Beag

MayoForSam wrote: »

Or Tuam (like me) traveling in and out to Inverin every day :rolleyes:. Biking would be a tad unrealistic.

Oh! Outer-City-Bypass, why hast thou forsaken me?

OK now I must apologise.Sorry How long is it to go from Tuam to Inverin timewise?

MayoForSam

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

OK now I must apologise.Sorry How long is it to go from Tuam to Inverin timewise?

70 mins on a good day - you get used to it.

cranky bollix

are these roadworks still goin on, i was gonna try make it out to spiddal beach today, but im not even gonna bother if ill have to sit in traffic for an hour:(