Galway Bay fm newsroom - City Councillors will next week vote on proposed by-laws which would introduce new speed limits across the city.
They would create a 30km/h zone in the city centre - but there would be a number of speed limit increases on roads within the city boundaries.
While there's been a broad welcome for a reduced speed limit of 30km/h in the city centre, many have expressed concerns over proposals to raise speed limits elsewhere within the city boundaries.
For example, it's proposed that speed limits on a stretch of the N6 Bothar na dTreabh - linking the Headford and Tuam Roads - be raised from 50km/h to 80km/h.
While a stretch of the Tuam Road between the Castlegar School Road junction and the city boundary would double from 50 to 100km/h.
Overall, there are 3 roads that would see speed limits increased to 100km/h under the proposed changes, while over a dozen roads would increase to 80km/h.
Several Councillors have been critical of the fact that both the speed reductions and increases are entwined within a single set of proposed new laws.
This means Councillors on Monday can only vote on all proposed changes as a single block - effectively meaning they will be endorsing or rejecting all reductions and increases at once.
