It is proposed the works undertaken will include measures to improve pedestrian safety and convenience through the provision of bus stops, crossing points, and line marking.
Galway City Council welcomes the reactivation of the Galway Metropolitan Area Transportation Strategy (GMATS) by the National Transport Authority (NTA). This important Strategy will identify the transport needs for Galway and inform the future development of Galway, enabling it to continue to serve as the economic and cultural centre of the West of Ireland.
Road resurfacing works are nearing completion on the Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road Active Travel Scheme. The final phase involves the resurfacing of sections of the Monivea Road to the east and west of the Ballybane Road Junction. This will continue until Thursday May 21.
Road Closures will be in place from 9.30am – 4.00pm, Monday to Friday from Monday April 27 for approximately three weeks. The closures will be in place on the Ballybane Road from St. James Road to the Monivea Road junction, followed by potential short closures on Monivea Road East and West at the junction of Ballybane Road.
A commemorative plaque has been unveiled to honour a Galway soldier fatally wounded while serving on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon over 45 years ago.
Road Closures will be in place from 9.30am – 4.00pm, Monday to Friday, from Tuesday April 7. Bus services will be diverted away from Castlepark Road during these times.
Galway City Council is delighted to have won the ‘Best Community Transport Initiative’ Award at the 2026 LAMA All-Ireland Community and Council Awards in recognition for a first-of-its-kind active travel project in the heart of the city.
The National Transport Authority has today published the findings of its latest survey of walking, wheeling and cycling in the Galway Metropolitan Area, which reveals that every day, up to 23,000 return walking and cycling non-leisure trips are made by residents who could have used a car.
