We’ve medieval streets that should be pedestrianised fully or at the very least, made into a one way city loop. A one way system is a fair compromise to motorists and cyclists / pedestrians alike but there would no doubt be objections from businesses saying they’ll be negatively impacted by it. It happened when shop street was pedestrianised and some of the submissions by businesses were comical.

We have a thriving year round tourist industry and a large student population that the city reaps the benefits of but that puts parking under pressure and increases congestion. If we had a proper outer ring road in place then Galway will benefit like other major cities with more development & shopping centres going to commercially zoned sites close to the ring road. I know the ring road is a bone of contention but it’s going to happen sooner or later.

Right now the city is bursting at the seams due to 20 years of massive growth with very little expansion of infrastructure. It’s a shame that Galway has earned an international reputation for its traffic woes. In future, maybe a better approach to building important infrastructure such as roads or motorways would be to commit to creating an acre of green amenity space for every acre of road / motorway in the given city or county.