Getting around Galway

I guarantee the lights on that crossing will be left for months before they get hooked up and operational.

It is nuts at the minute for pedestrians. Inbound they have to stop at the Fisheries Field entrance and wait to cross road to Cathedral, then cross again from Cathedral to the Salmon Weir. And dotted along the footpath approaches are signs, traffic cones and sandbags aimed at motorists

if only they did the job right the first time around.

that pedestrian bridge should have been a road bridge regardless if the plans to make it bus only or not. then put a zebra crossing at either end or just one given they would easier access to the lights at the court house. all transport modes would have flowed better.

Turns out the Salmon Weir work happens on weekday working hours only. No Saturdays, Sundays, night hours. That is crazy, given the cordon disruption it is causing for folk 24h

of course it is going to cost more, doing the right thing is never cheap or easy.

salmon weir bridge won't be pedestrian free, buses still need to make that zig zag motion in particular at the courthouse. How often was it pointed out that pedestrians can easily get hit, that will still continue.

as for vehicular traffic when it becomes a bus/taxi only bridge, there are only two bridges that can be effectively used both ways. can't see them implementing that until the new new bridge is built will be a crap shoot otherwise.

True - maybe the GLUAS in time will now have to go over the OLD Clifden Railway piers instead of the Salmon Weir.

Salmon Weir Bus Gate will happen once the Cross City Bus Connects goes through a judicial review I suspect, will happen before GCRR - if that itself ever gets approved by ABP(cannot remember the NEW abbreviation)

Dyke Road Car Park is going to be eaten up with Construction Development soon - so number of spaces will decrease as well; I guess that could also be a factor in been able to increase the charges for these large City Centre surface car parks.

Is this really a thing? 🤨

To ask .. the number of reported incidents of passengers fainting or experiencing medical distress due to overcrowding on the early morning Athenry - Galway train services in each of the past three years https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2025-11-20a.597

Claregalway is an absolute sh1tshow and only going to get worse. There's been a plan which was first announced in roughly 2017 or 2019 to add in at least two pedestrian crossings in the village, sort out that flooded area you speak about (an accident waiting to happen) and amend the main junction and associated works. It was held up as they needed to build an pond(or similar) right beside the river. There were issues with landowners, then having to do an archiology dig etc but that was finished some 18 months ago.. everyone expected main work to start but then got told the 1.5 million that was earmarked for it was no longer available. In the meantime the road degrades, the flood remains, the pedestrians have only one crossing point and the traffic numbers increase. All this happening in a village where the best part of 300 residential units are currently under construction and the new LIDL in the middle of the village adds a level of risk to people passing through the village due to its entrance and junction design. It's a farce.

Meanwhile, government ministers Grealish and Canny, whose constituents this village and traffic through it directly effects haven't been heard from since getting their sweetheart personal deals for supporting the government.

As houses get built the local infrastructure needs to improve..those that rely on passing through Claregalway will only see these transit times increase. The bypass if needed now and was a decade ago, never mind a decade from now when it's likely there'll be close to 700 additional residential units within a kilometre of the middle of the village.

Good to see the kissing gate finally removed from the walking and cycle lanes at Ballyloughane at the railway bridge end. Ludicrous they were left so long as they blocked bikes, wheelchairs, buggies etc from using it.

No idea who was responsible, they had hi vis and equipment. Maybe a new breed of vigilante roaming the city making it slightly better.

Maybe they will fix the roof on the bus stop at GMIT next.

The City Council have found new ways to make a balls of Park & Ride...

- Corrib Village, with no bus lanes connecting it with City Center

- ATU/GMIT, better connected but motorists already likely to hit traffic getting to it, should be further out

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DRVc4peUFHgZGWSZ7

I've been to the parkrun here on several Saturday mornings and apart from the parkrun participants, the place is deserted. Another carpark which tends to be quiet at the weekends over on the east side is the IDA estate in Mervue. I have on occasion, parked there, got on the 401 to Claddagh in full running gear including race number for Streets of Galway and Run Galway Bay and reassured my fellow passengers I wasn't cheating, the race hadn't started yet.

Is there an issue with using the UofG road Network & the College Bus Gate?

this line from our Local TD?

“I’m told that up to 4,500 cars travelling into the city on the Dublin Road are turning at the roundabout next to ATU Galway, and cutting through Murrough Avenue and Renmore Avenue in a bid to save time."