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One thing to improve Galway?

  • 08-04-2014 12:05am
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    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭


    if money was no object & you were able to do one public works project to improve Galway city , what would it be , I would clean out the eglinton canal replace both lock gates @ parkavara & replace the rail bridge with one for pedestrians & cyclists .


    your turn!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    pat25c wrote: »
    if money was no object & you were able to do one public works project to improve Galway city , what would it be , I would clean out the eglinton canal replace both lock gates @ parkavara & replace the rail bridge with one for pedestrians & cyclists .


    your turn!

    Time machine to return Eyre squares green area.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,479 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    A local access pedestrian corridor so when the tourists descend I don't have to weave down shop street like it's made of chicanes.. :-P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭stampydmonkey


    Bypass.

    Or demolish leisureland and pearse stadium, make them into large parks and rebuild a massive sports/concert arena, pool, running track and stadium somewhere more accessible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Fix the fecking traffic lights so that if the cars on the road which I have to walk across have the red light, then I should have the green one, instead of all of us just waiting.
    I think it would require a single if statement in whatever code they have running the lights.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,406 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    Proper Cycle Lanes throughout the city.
    More wardens on the streets to stop the likes of public dumping and dog crap littering the city.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,083 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Giant umbrella.

    Sound activated sprinkler system on the inner city streets at night, so yobs who yell and bawl on their way home from the pub/club get saturated.

    (Yes I understand the two are contradictory!)




    Seriously: a large concert / performance venue. Kind of like the tent in Fisheries Field, but permanent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,565 ✭✭✭Blue850


    This could be do-able

    Refurbish the turntable and locomotive sheds at Ceannt Station

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    DSC01427.jpg

    So these could make trips to Galway city, 186 got as far as Athenry a couple of years ago before taking the line to Limerick


  • Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭ned14


    Monorail...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭Gingganggooley


    Fifth bridge to alleviate traffic.

    +1 on Mrs.O'Bumbles proper concert venue.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    Bypass for sure. Would make a huge difference.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Glass roof over all the pedestrianised streets, from the top of Shop street incl Mainguard and Quay streets.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    biko wrote: »
    Glass roof over all the pedestrianised streets, from the top of Shop street incl Mainguard and Quay streets.

    Ah no, you're soft. It is sometimes nice to be walking down Shop St in some "soft" rain and remarking how unprepared and oblivious Irish people can be towards rain even though we get a fair amount of it. A roof would take away some of the character.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,655 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Close Supermacs et al at midnight every night. No more drunken crowds till 4am, no more brawling, people would just bugger off home after a night out...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Pay off the entire Council Executive with a generous retirement/redundancy package, then replace them with experienced and committed professionals more familiar with Europe in the 21st Century.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭zarquon


    +1 for an outer bypass.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    Put a friggin' ATM down Dominick Street.... :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Fey!


    Proper gantries over the roads before junctions showing people what lanes they should be in, along with proper markings on the road itself, including arrows on the lanes at roundabouts showing people what lanes they should be in. Then police them and fine people in the wrong lanes or cutting in at the tops of queues!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Paddyfield


    Sunshine.

    Everything else would follow


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    biko wrote: »
    Glass roof over all the pedestrianised streets, from the top of Shop street incl Mainguard and Quay streets.

    This idea was proposed for Castlebar I believe, but nothing came of it.
    People thought it would detract from the character of the town.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 BlueBrown


    A bypass first and foremost!!

    Plant 10,000 trees in the city area.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    A Nandos.

    No really,a good art gallery with regular turn over of exhibitions maybe?
    Some place you could go on rainy Sunday afternoons and wander around or go to on dates or meet friends at for a wander and a chat when you didn't want to go to the pub or a cafe. An adult space with interesting things and talking points that doesn't revolve around drink basically.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    A Nandos.

    No really,a good art gallery with regular turn over of exhibitions maybe?
    Some place you could go on rainy Sunday afternoons and wander around or go to on dates or meet friends at for a wander and a chat when you didn't want to go to the pub or a cafe. An adult space with interesting things and talking points that doesn't revolve around drink basically.

    what's wrong with kennys?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    what's wrong with kennys?

    Nothing at all,only that it's a bit small really. I was thinking more of a larger space, something to take an hr or so to get around with a nice cafe perhaps. I'm just dreaming really. I'd like some nice New York gallery planted here. :)

    Still for such a culturally vibrant city I can't help feeling it lacks somewhere to let average locals engage with that aspect of it's character. By that I mean the plebs like myself rather than the people who have the talent and motivation to get involved in drama or theatre etc.

    An expansion of the 091 lab idea could be good too. A community run and based space for learning and creativity. If more people could get into that it could add a new and maybe needed social aspect to the city.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 754 ✭✭✭topcat77


    BlueBrown wrote: »
    A bypass first and foremost!!

    Plant 10,000 trees in the city area.



    A bypass will add to the number of cars on the road when we should look at reducing the numbers. Ok it will speed up a commute, how about a better public transport system?


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,571 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    pat25c wrote: »
    if money was no object & you were able to do one public works project to improve Galway city , what would it be , I would clean out the eglinton canal replace both lock gates @ parkavara & replace the rail bridge with one for pedestrians & cyclists .


    your turn!
    There was money for a proper job to be done on the lockgates back when Michael D was the relevant minister and it was his bailiwick.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Paddyfield


    Gluas.



    Sure, you can close this thread now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Get a massive can of Febreze and spray it on Shop Street every 5 minutes. Specifically outside Boots.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Get a massive can of Febreze and spray it on Shop Street every 5 minutes. Specifically outside Boots.

    ya some of those fragrances they sell are mank


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    mike_ie wrote: »
    Close Supermacs et al at midnight every night. No more drunken crowds till 4am, no more brawling, people would just bugger off home after a night out...

    Or allow bars and pubs to close/open whenever they want preventing the massive drunken bottleneck at closing time


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  • Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Build a pedestrian footbridge over the old railway pillars behind the rowing club. This would direct all the students away from using the salmon weir bridge in front of cathedral and also create a lot more footfall around woodquay which could revitialize the area.

    There were a load of good ideas by architecture students that was displayed in gallery space in Tesco shopping centre a few years ago at the galwayopenhouse festival. Tried looking on web for link to these exhibitions bit can't find them. If any one else can find it please post as it would be ideal for broadening the horizons of this thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    sonandheir wrote: »
    Build a pedestrian footbridge over the old railway pillars behind the rowing club. This would direct all the students away from using the salmon weir bridge in front of cathedral and also create a lot more footfall around woodquay which could revitialize the area.

    There were a load of good ideas by architecture students that was displayed in gallery space in Tesco shopping centre a few years ago at the galwayopenhouse festival. Tried looking on web for link to these exhibitions bit can't find them. If any one else can find it please post as it would be ideal for broadening the horizons of this thread.

    Never going to happen, though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭loser2old4board


    Finally open the Solas Galway Picture Palace.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    sonandheir wrote: »
    Build a pedestrian footbridge over the old railway pillars behind the rowing club. This would direct all the students away from using the salmon weir bridge in front of cathedral and also create a lot more footfall around woodquay which could revitialize the area.

    That absolutely should happen, no excuses why it hasn't already! But also they should extend the Salmon Weir bridge for pedestrians, like they did with Wolfe Tone bridge.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Demolish all the buildings in Salthill and start again.

    Seriously who the hell gave planning permission to all the architectural atrocities?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    Links234 wrote: »
    That absolutely should happen, no excuses why it hasn't already! But also they should extend the Salmon Weir bridge for pedestrians, like they did with Wolfe Tone bridge.

    I am almost certain that there are/were theoretical plans for both of these - but the recession got in the way


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭stampydmonkey


    Eeden wrote: »
    I am almost certain that there are/were theoretical plans for both of these - but the recession got in the way

    Always thought it was the CRYC who got in the way...of the one over the railway stacks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    Always thought it was the CRYC who got in the way

    what's that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭stampydmonkey


    Eeden wrote: »
    what's that?

    Corrib rowing and yacht club I think. Their club house is on the college side. Recall hearing something about objections over potential damage being caused to their members boats moored under the proposed footbridge


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    Corrib rowing and yacht club I think. Their club house is on the college side. Recall hearing something about objections over potential damage being caused to their members boats moored under the proposed footbridge

    Probably right there, I recall something like that, now you say it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭charlie_says


    Relax licensing laws over the whole summer tourist season combined with some kind of outdoor street festival.

    Plenty of good ideas here though.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭charlie_says


    Relax licensing laws over the whole summer tourist season combined with some kind of outdoor street festival.

    Plenty of good ideas here though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    sonandheir wrote: »
    Build a pedestrian footbridge over the old railway pillars behind the rowing club. This would direct all the students away from using the salmon weir bridge in front of cathedral and also create a lot more footfall around woodquay which could revitialize the area.

    There were a load of good ideas by architecture students that was displayed in gallery space in Tesco shopping centre a few years ago at the galwayopenhouse festival. Tried looking on web for link to these exhibitions bit can't find them. If any one else can find it please post as it would be ideal for broadening the horizons of this thread.



    There are plans to build an new bridge beside the salmon weir bridge and to close the salmon weir bridge to vehicles.


  • Posts: 24,714 [Deleted User]


    Probably not my first choice of thing to do for Galway if I had to pick one but one I have always though would be a great idea and that is to build a car park for the University on the dyke road and a foot bridge across from it.

    Would be a massive help to people commuting to the university, especially from the Headford direction as it would mean avoiding most of the traffic going into the city or over the bridge for people travelling in.

    It used to drive me mad every morning travelling in the dyke road and within touching distance of the campus but still having to travel through town to get there or sitting on the bridge looking at all the open space on the dyke road that would make a great car park.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    There are plans to build an new bridge beside the salmon weir bridge and to close the salmon weir bridge to vehicles.

    Did a bit of searching and found this:

    4590787741.jpg

    Makes perfect sense and also kinda solves the problems with busses on the town hall side of things.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Part of Kerry has been designated as an international dark sky reserve and it's expected to be a growing tourist market in years to come. It's probably not possible here but something like that in part of Connemara would be nice.

    A mad wishlist kind of idea;an observatory and planetarium. I would love to have access to something like that although I can't really think of anywhere in Ireland or the UK that have it, possibly for good reason,but still.


  • Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭pat25c


    Nothing at all,only that it's a bit small really. I was thinking more of a larger space, something to take an hr or so to get around with a nice cafe perhaps. I'm just dreaming really. I'd like some nice New York gallery planted here. :)

    Still for such a culturally vibrant city I can't help feeling it lacks somewhere to let average locals engage with that aspect of it's character. By that I mean the plebs like myself rather than the people who have the talent and motivation to get involved in drama or theatre etc.

    An expansion of the 091 lab idea could be good too. A community run and based space for learning and creativity. If more people could get into that it could add a new and maybe needed social aspect to the city.

    whats the 091 lab area?


  • Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭pat25c


    its alright i looked it up , did't even know that it was there , great idea


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭kevin700


    Outer bypass


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    pat25c wrote: »
    its alright i looked it up , did't even know that it was there , great idea

    Just to mention, 091 Labs did recently move to a larger building, so I dunno, if you folks want to get involved, now's probably a good time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭Paddico


    mike_ie wrote: »
    Close Supermacs et al at midnight every night. No more drunken crowds till 4am, no more brawling, people would just bugger off home after a night out...

    Close Supermacs, full stop.
    Its shyte, very expensive and owned by a greedy owner


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