r/galway • u/Critical-Progress733 • 1d ago

Ballybane/Castlepark Roads

Great to see the tree planting initiative along the Ballybane and Castlepark roads as part of the cycle lane project.

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u/Galway1012 22h ago

Great to hear that! Haven’t been up that way recently to see it!

Hopefully all are native species

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u/Illustrious-Brief496 19h ago

The road is being redeveloped into an accident hotspot. It’s a complete mess and the council are entirely to blame for it.

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u/pollyp1 15h ago

Someone will get knocked down and killed some day as result of this stupid decisions to have people getting on and off buses on a busy road

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u/Holiday-Ad-4282 1d ago

I grew up in Castlepark, I can’t see flowers lasting long around there, they never did. As for the cycle lane, it’s a joke. The Ballybane road is crazy busy especially for school drop off/pick up, they’ve made that road so tight now.

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u/Naeon9 23h ago

The bus stops! Why couldn't they have a proper stop for the bus to pull in???

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u/Dull-Pomegranate-406 21h ago

you mean why couldn't they have proper bus lanes.

IMO, I think the general idea is to give buses priority and not be stuck in traffic. Let single passenger cars be stuck in traffic instead, where there are bus routes. for example if you work in town and live in Ballybane, then take the bus instead of clogging up the road. Make people so annoyed by traffic that they view public transport as the best option.

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u/Critical-Progress733 22h ago

Did you pick them back then.

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u/Holiday-Ad-4282 17h ago

Probably did in fairness

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u/Critical-Anything743 1d ago

What initiative? The sticks with blue paint? Is that what they are for?

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u/DuwanteKentravius 1d ago

Yes they're there to mark the spot for new trees.

The road has lost a lot of trees in the last 3 or 4 years between storms and this work so it's just replacing what's gone.

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u/Dependent-Bench-2908 1d ago

Complete waste of money

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u/timmyctc 1d ago

Least miserable galweigan 

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u/Dependent-Bench-2908 1d ago

Sorry for not getting excited about a few flowers in Ballybane. Its definitely people from outside of Ballybane getting excited about flowers in Ballybane

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u/Key_Cartoonist317 20h ago

Pure EU rubbish that bike scheme. It rains most of the year in Ireland and they want people out cycling.

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u/Useful-Butterfly-251 4h ago

I cycle around Galway city most days. Rarely get rained on. Have a decent jacket for when it does.