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The final cost of renovating Ceannt Station in Galway city is likely to surpass €70 million, well beyond the €50 million first budgeted.

The final cost of renovating Ceannt Station in Galway city is likely to surpass €70 million, well beyond the €50 million first budgeted.

With only a week to go until deadline for submissions to the National Development Plan (NDP), advocates for light rail in Galway sought a last-minute meeting with county councillors this week.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has asked the ring road project managers at Galway County Council to re-advertise their planning application for the route from Coolagh to the R336 Coast Road, and open it up to public consultation.

Advocates for a very light rail network for Galway city presented their case to Galway City Council’s strategic policy committee for Transport this week.

After 19 years of complaints that Galway’s annual wintertime Park and Ride service only serves the eastern city, plans are finally being drawn up for the west side – but after this Christmas.

‘If the mountain won’t come to Mohammad, then Mohammad must go to the mountain’ is the attitude of Galway city councillors who passed a motion calling on the Government to regionalise the NTA after Dublin-based officials did not attend City Hall’s final meeting of its five-year term last week.

In a move signalling a significant change of approach from Galway City Council toward large employers, Boston Scientific has been asked to plan for more cyclists and bus users rather than just build extra carparking.

A lack of commitment to invest in public transport is undermining Galway’s reputation as a “sustainable, attractive place to live”.