Call on Govt. to Avoid Bypass Catastrophe

THE Government has been asked to provide a 'cast iron’ guarantee on funding for the €340m City Outer Bypass if the Bord Pleanála oral hearing decision gives the project the go ahead in nine days time.Mayor of Galway, Cllr. Padraig Conneely, told the Galway City Tribune that if the Bypass project didn’t proceed without any delay the new N6 would come to a 'shuddering halt’ in the middle of Doughiska.“I think that it’s becoming more obvious by the day, and especially by looking at the aerial photographs, that it will be nothing short of a catastrophe if the new Outer Bypass is not completed as fast as is humanly possible,” said Mayor Conneely.A Bord Pleanála decision on the Bypass project is due on Tuesday week next, July 29, following the oral hearing which took place in the city last December and January.The 22km Outer Bypass, would link up with the new N6 between Doughiska and Briar Hill before winding its way west over the Corrib close to Menlo Castle and then feeding into the Spiddal Road between Furbo and Barna.The concerns of the Mayor have been echoed by the Galway Chamber of Commerce, who...