New roads mean more traffic, not less — somebody should tell Galway County Council
New roads cause more traffic, not less, but that doesn't stop people from wanting them. It's time to change tack, writes Ciarán Ferrie
A Department of Transport report on the Economic Cost of Congestion in Regional Cities predicts that Galway's ring road will experience heavy traffic flows and that the 'overall level of congestion in the city will rise given the higher volumes of vehicles on the road'. File picture
Even the most casual observer of our transport failings as a nation will be aware of Galway's atrocious traffic problems.
Along with the notoriety of the Cork to Limerick road, recently covered in these pages, the running joke of the city of many roundabouts and its LA-style traffic jams is synonymous with our seemingly intractable planning problems. The saga of the Galway City Ring Road plan is just another punchline.
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