Galway Bay fm newsroom - Ministers Darragh O'Brien, Eamon Ryan and Hildegarde Naughton are being urged to commit to a thorough redesign and retrofit of Galway city's roads so residents have a real and safe choice to travel by bike or foot.
Galway Cycling Campaign has highlighted its huge disappointment following a decision taken by 13 councillors to revoke a plan for a temporary Salthill cycleway, arguing that 'delaying safe cycling is denying safe cycling'.
Social Democrats councillor Owen Hanley, Green councillors Martina O Connor and Niall Murphy, and Mayor of Galway Colette Connolly voted against the motion to revoke the September resolution.
Fianna Fail councillor Peter Keane said he brought the motion to revoke the resolution given the forecasted impact on key areas such as traffic, parking, business, residents and vital blue light services.
The campaign group argues the Atkins report commissioned in 2016 concerning a greenway from the city to Barna and which promotes a more permanent sea-side solution which would be off-road, would have been welcome but is now obsolete due to new design standards.
Martina Callanan is spokesperson for Galway Cycling Campaign.
She argues a key opportunity for change has been lost and that Galway should be used as a case study to see what the Government can achieve...
