Deleted User wrote: » There's a reason they didnt do that, it would have ended up being a parking lot like the M50 at peak times. The M17/M18 is located where it is to deliberately not become a part of the city network of roads.
Sam Russell wrote: » The motorway is built, but it is too far east of Galway, the jams at the Coolagh Roundabout are testimony to that. The M18/M17 should have been built as the M20 between Limerick and Cork. Whether the M17 should have been built as a motorway is a different question - would a DC like the Tuam bypass have been enough - probably. But it is built, and will be paid for before the train will travel from Athenry to Tuam.
Sam Russell wrote: » So they are now planning such a car park - a bypass or a ring road, or whatever they call it this week. Planning was never a strong suit in Galway - City or County.
Sam Russell wrote: » The M17 should have been routed along the outer bypass, and provided that function. The current route dumps all East Galway, South Galway, and east of Athenry traffic at the Coolagh roundabout. That is the problem.
ShaneC1600 wrote: » Regardless of where any new route runs into Galway City the end of the road will be a roundabout of some description where traffic will build up.
Sam Russell wrote: » The motorway is built, but it is too far east of Galway, the jams at the Coolagh Roundabout are testimony to that.
westtip wrote: » Anyone any idea what happened to that Velorail project that got three grants of €180k originally, then €117k when the original funding wasn't enough then another €198K when they chanced their arm for more money under Leader funding with an application in November 2018. I was always under the impression that Leader funding only went to new projects and it wasn't in Leader funding regulations if a project already had 200K in funding it could not get anymore funding. I seem to remember this being the case, Maybe that rule doesn't apply when you ask in Mayo? It must have been some compelling application to get another bung of €198,000 back in 2019 when they had already received nearly €300k in public funding. I'd love to see that funding application and the arguments they put forward that were so compelling they got another €200k, I wonder how they explained how the first tranche of grants for €180k and €117k were spent, I assume they gave a good account of how that money had been spent because the entire original project was budgeted to be €200k for the whole caboogle and they still managed to squeeze another €198k out of leader capital funding.
eastwest wrote: » I think that project is probably finished and ready to open. The first money was for the project, including the carts, and the second was for an overspend, I think. And as I remember, the third tranche of money was to finish the project and buy the carts. So it must be well finished by now, with maybe two sets of carts, judging by the funding applications. I'd say there'll be a ribbon cutting ceremony there one of these days. It was probably just delayed because of covid, waiting for the crowds of tourists to be able to travel..
westtip wrote: » Not heard if its finished yet, it must be though, the license expires in 2027 at this rate it will never get off the ground!
eastwest wrote: » The license isn't an issue, Irish Rail will be happy to give them another ten years to keep fluting around and making grant applications. After all, it's not like there are any plans to put a train on it.
Pete_Cavan wrote: » Looks like the Velorail project isn't the only one getting grants, Ballyglunin station to get some restoration works done;https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/188041/0/0?returnUrl=ctm/Supplier/publictenders&b=ETENDERS_SIMPLE Is it currently in any sort of use?
westtip wrote: » But I think this is their first grant, the Velorail project just keeps putting its paws in the honeypot, strange its allowed cos I thought you could only get LEADER funding for a capital project as a once off, I guess they must have just told LEADER they needed another €198k after already spending nearly €300K I am sure the Mayo L.A.G must have analysed it all very diligently. None of us seem to know what goes on with these LEADER fund grants it all seems very mysterious.
Greaney wrote: » Yes it is. The community are terrific and have been restoring the station for some years now. They use it as a community theater, park & venue for local events. The station is the heart of the community. You can see they have a very active/current facebook page hereBallyglunin support the Western Rail Corridor
eastwest wrote: » the route is now officially 'the western transport corridor.'
ezstreet5 wrote: » What are they transporting, and by what means?
end of the road wrote: » exactly. the fact is, the western railway corridor is a railway line, a disused one but still one.
eastwest wrote: » I'm sure everybody would like to see a railway built, but the reality is different. Although ironically Ballyglunin would do a lot better with a greenway in terms of local jobs and investment. That's obviously an old FB post by the way, the route is now officially 'the western transport corridor.'
Greaney wrote: » You're entitled to your opinion, just as the residents & community group have theirs, which is different from yours
eastwest wrote: » North of claremorris, it isn't. Its closed, not disused, and Irish Rail has repeatedly said that the rails are scrap and don't constitute a railway. South of claremorris, it's a closed railway. The entire route is designated as the western transport corridor, recognising its likely future as being broader than just Rail.
end of the road wrote: » still a railway ultimately between athenry to claremorris. calling it the western transport corridor means nothing in reality, currently it's a disused railway. actually transport corridor works more in favour of rail it could be argued given rail can be used any day of the year and in most types of weather, so actually perhapse in time the term could in fact become useful.
eastwest wrote: » As I said, we're all in favour of a railway, it's just that some of us are pragmatists. But while the line from Athenry to Claremorris is still a railway, albeit a closed one with a very slim chance of ever reopening, the one from Claremorris to Collooney is not a railway. It is however part of the WTC, and could in time become a railway. Apart from the bits that have been subsumed into other landholdings.
ezstreet5 wrote: » The whole line is "a railway" because Irish Rail can rebuild it tomorrow without a fresh Railway Order.
eastwest wrote: » They would need a railway order to build it north of claremorris.
Decades wrote: » Typical trainspotter drivel. They could also formerly abandon it tomorrow with a small advert in the back of the Irish Times. Symantec nonsense that serves no one.
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