A two-way, segregated cycle lane, along Salthill Promenade, and a one-way cycle lane from Blackrock to the Kingston Junction, have this week taken further steps to becoming a reality.
The Galway City Council has now put the routes out for public consultation, a move that has been welcomed by the Mayor of Galway, Independent Galway City Central councillor, Colette Connolly.
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The proposed cycle lane will be subject to a Safety Audit and other assessments. Disabled Parking Bays in the immediate vicinity of Leisureland, Salthill Park, and also the public car parks along the Prom, will be relocated. Public transport providers will be met in relation to rerouting buses and a change to the Taxi bylaws will be necessary.
'This is a great opportunity to make Galway a more inclusive city. For once, shared road space will include provision for cyclists'
The Mayor said “improved cycling infrastructure” in Salthill is much needed, and that such cycle lanes “will afford some equity of road use to cyclists”.
Mayor Connolly [pictured below] originally proposed the cycle tracks in August, and called on the council to apply for Covid-19 funding, “or any available alternative source” of funding to facilitate their construction.
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“This is a great opportunity to make Galway a more inclusive city,” said the Mayor. “For once, shared road space will include provision for cyclists.”
Mayor Connolly pointed out that, given the number of schools adjacent to Salthill, a safe cycling route would encourage parents to allow children to cycle to school. “It will also contribute to the modal transport shift necessary to meet the EU’s Climate Action Targets,” she said, “of reducing greenhouse gasses by seven per cent per annum.”
