Galway City Council is progressing plans to install new cycling and pedestrian infrastructure on the east side of Galway City along the Monivea Road.
The active travel scheme works will involve the provision of a segregated high quality cycle route along the R339 Monivea Road between the junction with the Ballybane road and Old Ballybrit Road.
The existing Monivea Road is a single lane two-way carriageway, widening in places to two lanes at junctions to allow for turning lanes. Monivea Road has no existing cycling infrastructure but has footways on both sides of its length. The section of Monivea Road under consideration is approximately 1.7km long.
The development will consist of:
- The provision of a typically 3m wide two-way cycle track, reducing in places where constraints exist.
- Reduction in road carriageway widths (typically 3.2m wide lanes).
- Junction realignments and the introduction of raised crossings on all side roads to prioritise pedestrian and cyclist movements.
- Straight through cycle lane/track crossings on all side road junctions to prioritise cyclists’ movements.
- The provision of signalised crossings for pedestrians and cyclists.
- The introduction of pedestrian and shared crossing points at several locations.
- The provision of landscaping along the routes.
The plans for this development can currently be viewed online or at City Hall until Friday, August 21 during public hours.
Submissions related to the project can be made at the link above or to the planning department of the city council. Public submissions must be received before Friday, September 4 to be considered valid.
