Claregalway needed a bypass to solve its severe traffic congestion problems not a bus/cycle lane and with 40,000 vehicle movements per day, it would be risking lives to cycle or let a child cycle to the village schools.
This is the view of Fine Gael Oranmore candidate Michael Eames. The community of Claregalway has been invited to attend the official opening of the 1.5km Claregalway bus corridor by Transport Minister Noel Dempsey at the junction of the N17 and Kiniska Road tomorrow at 12.24pm.
However Mr Eames said this is “no more than a cynical photo opportunity” by the Minister. He also says that people in Claregalway would prefer if the Minister was “delivering on the promise” listed in the 2007 Programme for Government of “By-passing the traffic blackspot of Claregalway”.
“Almost two years on there is still no sign of the by-pass for Claregalway,” said Mr Eames. “This Government has broken their promise to the people of Claregalway. I will maintain the pressure for a bypass/relief road for local traffic.”
