Our @niallgalway.bsky.social spoke to The Hard Shoulder on @newstalkfm.bsky.social to talk about the decision to approve the #Galwayringroad
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Might need to update our maps ... What do ye think?
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Ciarán Cannon addresses concerns over Galway Ring Road, citing recent legal rulings as potential obstacles. 🚗🚧 #GalwayRingRoad https://fefd.link/IZZ6O
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The "planning" model, as actually implemented, has changed very little in the past half century.
Planning aspirations have advanced a lot, however, and now comprise a substantial part of project proposals such as the #GalwayRingRoad.
Feast your eyes on all these wonders that will never happen!
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This may even by crazy enough to work in Galway
#TransportForIreland #GalwayRingRoad #GalwayTraffic #ClimateSolutions
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The theory explained in this video captures why the #GalwayRingRoad won´t solve its traffic problem. Galwegians deserve #Gluas, more bus frequency & priority, Park&Ride, and better roads for both drivers & pedestrians alike. #galwaycity #cityofculture #galwayireland #notjustdublin #salthill #galway
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Excerpt from the Galway City Ring Road EIAR. Demand management measures, also assessed in the updated transport model, will not deliver a solution to the transport issues in Galway City and its environs as a stand-alone option, as there will be a significant suppressed demand. Public transport will experience delays (albeit less than in 2023, but significantly more delay than if the proposed N6 GCRR is in place), and HGV traffic through the city in population centres will continue to frustrate the ability to implement active travel infrastructure. The current AADT crossing the Quincentenary Bridge is at capacity, carrying approx. 40,000 vehicles daily, and it does not have sufficient capacity to carry the additional forecasted level of cross-city traffic—approx. 70,000 total with Demand Management Measures in place—particularly during peak hours.
The core purpose of the proposed #GalwayRingRoad is not just to make driving easier for today's car users but to create the conditions for even larger volumes of motor traffic in future.
Public transport and active travel are at best secondary to that main objective.
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Only the last paragraph counts, no where else in the article does it mention how the issue in the last paragraph can be resolved (it hasn't been and won't be) #galwayringroad
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The same Leo Varadkar who proclaimed that the CO2-boosting #GalwayRingRoad is needed to "free up" land for development.
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Unprotected bike lane, Threadneedle Road, Galway.
Unprotected bike lane, Threadneedle Road, Galway
2025 is the 10th Anniversary of Galway City Council's pride and joy, the #ThreadneedleBikeLane.
The facility, which got its own special mention in Arup's documentation for the proposed #GalwayRingRoad, offers 200 metres of car-free cycling between two secondary schools, in one direction.
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The quashing by the High Court of ABP's decision in favour of the CO2-boosting #GalwayRingRoad was an early example of the Section 15 obligation making its presence felt.
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Ahh the ring road
Another road will fix the problem...
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#galway #galwayCountyCouncil #galwayRingRoad #badPlanning
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Any transport plan officially adopted on the basis of an INCREASED modal share for cars (to 67.3%) is a bad car plan. Which is what the proposed second #GalwayRingRoad is expected to achieve by 2039.
For that reason alone the plan should be scrapped entirely. No excuses. No equivocation.
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Same/similar argument applies to any major *new* roads projects in the period to 2030 (at least). Yes, #GalwayRingRoad I'm looking at you. (Road maintenance, localised safety upgrades etc. are not a problem. But significant expansions in overall road *capacity* definitely are!)
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The proposed #GalwayRingRoad is a huge mistake.
It would supercharge the city's chronic car addiction, while increasing CO2 emissions by a projected 49% versus the Do Nothing option (according to official figures presented at the Bord Pleanála oral hearing), whether or not EV targets are achieved.
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