Galway Bay fm newsroom - There are calls for an urgent upgrade of the N84 Headford road from Luimnagh to the city.
It comes as motorists experienced gridlock this morning following a two car collision, in which two people were hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries.
The two car crash took place near McGaugh's garden centre at around 8am.
The main artery was closed for a time but later partially reopened on a one-lane basis as work continued to remove vehicles.
Traffic flow has now returned to normal.
Oranmore/Athenry Independent councillor James Charity says the crucial need for upgrade works has been brought into focus again following the incident.
He says the N84 records 13 thousand vehicle movements a day and traffic diversions put local country roads under pressure.
Councillor Charity has called for a hard shoulder on the busy national route to facilitate emergency services when such a collision occurs.
