Council aims to bridge funding gap
Thu, Jan 22, 2026
Galway City Council is intent on progressing a pedestrian and bicycle link across the stone abutments of the former Clifden Railway Bridge, despite national funding cancelled for this piece of the Connemara Greenway.
A steel bridge utilising the existing, cut stone pillars upstream of the Salmon Weir, is estimated to cost at least €15m, based on current construction prices.
In response to questioning from Galway West TD John Connolly in an Oireachtas committee this week, deputy CEO of the National Transport Authority, Hugh Creegan, said the proposed bridge was expensive, and that funding it may detract from other transport projects.
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