Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Transport Minister has pledged to re-visit the prospect of a light rail system for Galway if a 'convincing' case can be made.
Minister Shane Ross was responding in the Dáil to questions from Galway West TD Catherine Connolly - a long term advocate of such a system.
He offered that previous cost appraisals deemed a light rail system too ambitious in terms of cost and projected uptake of the service.
Deputy Connolly asked the minister to 'step outside' his Government script and enter a frank discussion about solving Galway's chronic traffic issues.
She pointed out that AA Ireland fully supports a light rail system in the city as an important part of the solution to the 'embarrassingly bad' traffic situation.
She said light rail systems have worked in European cities of a similar size - and ongoing attempts to solve Galway's crisis are meeting with little success.
Deputy Connolly pleaded with Minister Ross to use his initiative in exploring a light rail system for Galway City.
Speaking in response, Minister Ross agreed to have the issue re-examined if a convincing case could be put forward.
