Doubtful if the challenge will succeed as its within the councils power to close streets.
Now if these were to become permanent, then yeah, they'd have to apply for permission
And since there won't be a decision till September, it won't make a whole lot of differi to the summer trade.
Would you have to be local to one of these areas to make an objection? Are there certain criteria you have to fulfill to make an objection?
I don't think so. One of the main objectors to the Apple site in Athenry lives in Wicklow.
It's been a bad week for it. This incident in Tuam on Monday, then a teenage girl in Cork on Tuesday, and another teenage girl in Dungarvan on Thursday. Both of the latter are reported to be in hospital in critical condition.
Awful, but press and Gardai don’t report every serious injury in a car like this.
No, there is no such restriction, anyone can object to anything, anywhere.
Seems crazy in one way but also makes total sense when you think about the impacts of such a restriction e.g. what limit would you put on it (5km, 50km, county boundary, townland boundary etc) and it would also severely limit experts in making reasonable submissions to within such a restriction.
That's true. If the ratio of serious injuries to road deaths has followed it's normal pattern we have had more than 500 serious injuries on Irish roads this year. On balance, though, I think it's better to have these publicised if it can make drivers think for a minute about the potential consequences of their actions.
GCC have finished their consultations with ABP and are now preparing the full application for submission to ABP, no indication of when though, my guess is Q1 next year
Just as a reminder for anyone that needs it, some resources below on the topic of the cross-city link. Note, timelines are shot to crap on this already. It was supposed to be under construction already but they still haven't the application in yet, though covid probably played havoc with things. Construction time is estimated to be 12-18 months
Interactive site
Some drawings of whats to come
The route, including the bit in the hospital grounds through to SQR
Staffing is the main reason for the delays - which is probably linked in with Covid in the last 2 years; but they have wasted a lot of years prior to 2020 with all there focus on the GCRR rather than the GTS.
For the improvement on the public spaces alone this is worth doing. Having electric buses and restricting road space on some parts to only those buses could result in a huge drop in noise.
Very quick question:
As part of this plan, are cars to be banned/removed from Francis/Eglinton/ Eyre Sq north?
From 7am to 7pm,yes
add Salmon Weir Bridge as well to that list as well
Great idea but still no by pass
You mean the ring road? That still has a loooong way to go, if it ever happens. The longer its delayed, the less likely it will ever get built.
What if your a local living in that area?
In what context? What area? Whats the requirement? Sorry, just not 100% sure what you are asking, can you give a specific scenario?
I believe local access is to be maintained but I doubt through access would be possible
Local access for residents exactly
Yeah, so you should still be able to access everything you can access now, but depending on where you are talking about you might only be able to access from one direction, not 2.
You haven't given any specifics so using around the Town Hall Theater as an example below, all streets will likely still be accessible during 7-7 but only from the GSC side so you wouldn't be able to go over the Salmon Weir
How many residents are we talking about here on the route? Its mostly commercial/public on this section?
Is that seven days, or only Monday-Friday?
From the doc's it looks like 7 days a week
Proposed bus lanes and restrictions will be in effect from 07:00-19:00 daily, with a localised window from 10:00-13:00 to facilitate loading and deliveries to city centre businesses.
Bus Priority thats not bus priority. Gotta hand it to Galway City Council
https://www.galwaycity.ie/parkmore
I'll probably get shot for suggesting this but how about a bus only corridor through the racecourse and out onto Bóthar Na Treabh at those gates with lights to allow buses to turn right into town.
Not quite sure how you see it as not priority.
There's a priority lane almost the length of the Parkmore Road inbound - which is where the problems arise. The section at the bottom which doesn't have bus lane is because two lanes are needed for all vehicles to position for the turns left or right.
The lack of dedicated cycle lanes (and pedestrian protection from them) bugs me more.
Lots of Parkmore workers travel by bus to Doughiska, Roscam and Merlin Park. A route via BNT is no good for them. Splitting the route would reduce
@Mrs OBumble "The section at the bottom which doesn't have bus lane is because two lanes are needed for all vehicles to position for the turns left or right."
Two lanes are 'used' to position vehicles for left and right turns but that doesn't mean they are 'needed'. It would be totally possible to restrict private vehicles to one queue for both left and right turns, and to allocate one lane exclusively for buses, and that would be granting true priority to buses but it would be taking priority away from car drivers significantly. A choice has been made to dilute the priority given to buses in order to benefit car drivers. Maybe it was the right choice, but it was definitely a choice, not a necessity.
Inbound bus lane needs to be closer to the Briarhill junction. Don't need 180m for ALL this stacking. Thats the section the bus needs most priority . I would extend the bus lane for another 150 meters at least.
What ya think about the bus stop placements/changes at Briarhill?
They have plans for cycling listed in the document - but when that will happen who knows!
Honestly, if they bit the bullet they could CPO what they need and do it properly. This is just trying to shoehorn in the least effective possible solution that will not fix the problem. They need bus lanes in both directions and bike lanes the same. Bus priority at the main junction, both ways.
The improvements for pedestrians wrt crossing points and narrowing of junctions to force a slower speed through uncontrolled junctions are a welcome sight, more of that please!
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