The prom (COVID closed 31 March 2020, reopened 18 May)

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

The council can only do what they can afford to do. Development at Salthill would be at the expense of the city-centre, and in a time of rising sea levels planning should be starting towards managed retreat from the coastline, not increased development there.

Good point about the rising sea levels but that will affect much of the city too. I wonder where the money spend in the city has gone? It isn't visible in improvements.

zell12 wrote: »

Scary stuff, wont help property prices in those areas.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The prom has gone green for the next few days...

https://twitter.com/ZhangChaosheng/status/1370878735319236613?s=19

https://twitter.com/GalwayPlayer/status/1370826023479181319?s=19

Anyone know are those new prom lights some type of RGB LED or did they just put a filter over them?

I seen these lights for the first time last night, and although they are a nice attraction, they really remove so much light along the prom that I would describe them as dangerous! Have a look at the difference in ambient light along Grattan Road or Salthill village and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

zell12 wrote: »

That shows a lot of land upstream of the weir flooded. Land that has not flooded since the weir was built. It would take a sea level rise of several meters to flood above the weir, in which case a lot more of Galway city would be uninhabitable.

saabsaab wrote: »

If the heavy rain couldn't flow to sea as easily then it could back up?

No. The sea would have to rise several metres before there would be no gradient or fall at the weir, at which point water might start to back up. Even in a big flood coinciding with a high tide if you stand and watch the weir you will see the difference in height.

what_traffic wrote: »

Was the Dyke on the Dyke Road built around same time?

I remember doing a local Castle tour around Menlo/Headford with a local historian a few years ago and he was telling us that the Corrib River went as far inland as Castlegar Castle - which does correlate to the above Map that zell12 posts.

The weir was built to regulate the level of Lough Corrib, and obviously the river. Before the drainage works, there would have been significant winter flooding upstream and around the Corrib alright, but the weir now allows the OPW to maintain the lake between specified levels to prevent flooding. Even in the 2009 flood which was exceptional the lake didn't get high enough to flood that area.

6 wrote: »

We should be investing in boat taxis rather than bus corridors/ ring roads.

Galway the new Venice? Ca bhfuil mo Gondola?

The carpark is officially opened for elderly patients receiving Covid vaccine at GP practice (Maretimo Medical) across the road. I used it when bringing my Dad there this week.

There appears to be a new concrete seafront plaza in Salthill, opposite the cinema.
Full of kids playing, buskers, even people dancing in the glorious sunshine
It used to be a storage space for private property, imagine that.

zell12 wrote: »

There appears to be a new concrete seafront plaza in Salthill, opposite the cinema.
Full of kids playing, buskers, even people dancing in the glorious sunshine
It used to be a storage space for private property, imagine that.

Under current regulations, citizens can meet with people from ONE other household.

So I'm not sure how a party plaza is justified.

'Twould be far better if they were spread out the length of the beach.