New pedestrian bridge open

yer man!

New bridge opened today, kinda cool. bit of a nicer walk to the salmon weir bridge now.

Fionn MacCool

Nice one, I was getting sick of having to use that other bridge that's right next to it.

yer man!

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Nice one, I was getting sick of having to use that other bridge that's right next to it.

Well it'll shave a couple of minutes off plus it's a nicer walk. The path on university road is really annoying when it's busy, you just have to walk on the road.

Ficheall

How ****ing lazy can people get?

yer man!

Ficheall wrote: »

How ****ing lazy can people get?

Just makes it a little bit safer, it'll tie in with the salmon weir pedestrianisation too, completely removing pedestrians from the side of the road.

leeroybrown

Ficheall wrote: »

How ****ing lazy can people get?

yer man! wrote: »

Just makes it a little bit safer, it'll tie in with the salmon weir pedestrianisation too, completely removing pedestrians from the side of the road.

It's not for city pedestrian convenience. It's part of a pedestrian/cyclist greenway they're opening along the Corrib and the old Clifden railway line. It's equivalent up in Mayo, the "Great Western Greenway" has been quite successful as a tourisim initiative.

yer man!

leeroybrown wrote: »

It's not for city pedestrian convenience. It's part of a pedestrian/cyclist greenway they're opening along the Corrib and the old Clifden railway line. It's equivalent up in Mayo, the "Great Western Greenway" has been quite successful as a tourisim initiative.

It will still benefit pedestrians as all the students will use it, it's a shortcut. The greenway is a long way off as the funding for it fell through, land agreements are also proving tricky to secure.

joeKel73

It's really not much of a shortcut (50/60m) :rolleyes: . Still though, she's a fine bridge!

f1dan

That 50m is gonna be crucial when you're plastered leaving the college bar!

joeKel73

Yeah but I wonder if the gates at the college end will be locked at night... and at what time.

jumpguy

I think it's important to have a bit more unity as in you don't have to leave campus to get up there...but does the cost-benefit equation really support it?

Raging_Ninja

jumpguy wrote: »

I think it's important to have a bit more unity as in you don't have to leave campus to get up there...but does the cost-benefit equation really support it?

doesn't matter any more, it's already built.

yer man!

Bridge was planned since 1977, nuig own a lot of fisheries field and wanted a proper link to it for a proposed water sports centre. They wanted direct access to their land. Along with the fact that it is apart of the greenway.

Six Degrees

Is there plans to build a pedestrian bridge at the salmon Weir? There is a need for one there as the paths are far too narrow to accommodate students, tourists etc as well as the road being too narrow for cyclists and cars alike.

yer man!

Six Degrees wrote: »

Is there plans to build a pedestrian bridge at the salmon Weir? There is a need for one there as the paths are far too narrow to accommodate students, tourists etc as well as the road being too narrow for cyclists and cars alike.

There was but I think they were abandonded in favor of converting the whole salmon weir bridge into a pedestrian bridge and building a traffic bridge a few metres south to line up with the road, as the road has a horrible chicane in it now so the cars are always mounting the path. This will not happen for years though. There's no money to advance it into planning stage and Niall O brolacion (can't spell his second name) is very against it as there's a fig tree in the way.......

shortys94

'Niall O brolacion (can't spell his second name) is very against it as there's a fig tree in the way.......'

Brilliant