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Ciarán Ferrie

A post I put up on LinkedIn last week about the Galway City Ring Road prompted a lot of discussion so I thought it was worth a more detailed exploration of the timeline of events which have brought us to where we are. Thank you to @irishcycle for publishing my article.

At what point do we cut our losses and admit to ourselves that this road is going nowhere?

irishcycle.com/2025/04/08/on-t

A graphic showing the timeline of the Galway City Ring Road going back to the opening of the Quincentenary Bridge in 1987. It shows that we have already spent over 26 years and €45 million trying to build a second bypass around Galway and have nothing to show for it but a history of failed planning applications and lost court cases, and the costs continue to mount. At the same time we have failed to implement the recommendations of report after report telling us that we need a sustainable transport solution in Galway.
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Ciarán Ferrie

Interesting to see this report on the housing market in Galway which was published around the same time as my own article.

We both agree that the ongoing saga with the Ring Road has impacted on efforts to deliver housing at scale in the city, but I think our reasons for coming to that conclusion might differ a bit.

"Galway ring road plans are preventing housing improvement in city, says leading estate agent"

archive.fo/xY214

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Ciarán Ferrie

Yesterday the government published the draft National Planning Framework. The section on Galway City is full of sensible plans for compact urban development and sustainable transport.

The Galway City Ring Road looks like an anomaly stuck in there near the end, almost like it was added in at the insistence of politicians rather than something the planners view as essential.

First of two pages on Galway City and Metropolitan Area which sets the context and talks about the legacy from urban sprawl and reliance on private cars and the need to meet ambitious compact growth targets including improved public transport and sustainable mobility options.
The second of two pages which lists "Key future growth enablers" for the city. It focuses on regeneration and infill projects supported by public transport infrastructure, public realm and amenity projects. Down near the end, after the development of a strategic cycleway network, it mentions the Galway City Ring Road.
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Apr 09, 2025, 06:18 AM·Public·Mastodon for Android
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