New Developments in Galway City

The first link makes it look like the line will go NEAR the airport, in typical Irish non-integrated style. It has to go TO the airport, at the front door of the place. The Corrib Light Rail (2nd link) is much better, but needs to be modified to go to the airport too.

Pulled down about 15 years ago. Replaced by bog standard semi-d council houses.

Just checked on the Galway City Council website. If you look at the city map it’s now called Rahoon Park Noth and Gleann Dara. Both situated at the junction of Circular Road and Seamus Quirke Road. A google search returned no images of the old flats – hardly surprising given how un-photogenic they were

@galwayrush wrote:

The plans for the massive docklands developement will be submitted within a few weeks.

Any more news on this yet?

Galway seems to be really booming nowadays, nice pics. 🙂

Spoke to a person involved with the Docklands Development, said that they have carried out studies and hope to begin blasting on the sea bed in a few months time.The 40 Acres of sea to be reclaimed is just a portion of the overall plan, which comprises of 108 acres in total including the Ceannt Quarter.He wouldn’t go into too much detail other than say that it would include quite a lot of High Rise buildings.
I was impressed with the Ceannt Quarter plans, there’s a link in this thread to the plans.:cool:

Wait a minute, how come a nice new train station is planned for Galway and Kent in Cork gets a lick of paint only?

I think the overall plan looks excellent, of course the usual; suspects are lining up to try and scupper it. Is it essential that all members of Left Parties in Galway have to oppose anything that might drag Galway into the current centuary? Ceannt Station, Outer By-Pass, Docklands to name a few.:mad:

@Seanselon wrote:

Click link below for CIE’s presentation on the new Ceannt Quarter, complete with architects impressions of public spaces, towers, glass roofs and lots of shiny happy people..

http://www.cie.ie/projects/open_days_boards.pdf

Looks great, but CIE haven’t a hope in hell of delivering any of it. CIE have been promising very similar stuff for Cork’s Kent Station for many, many, many years now and they’ve not even come close to thinking about considering maybe getting started. CIE really don’t give a sh*t about the other cities in the country besides Dublin and produce these sorts of ‘masterplans’ and glossy brochures for Cork, Limerick , Galway etc. just to keep well in with Dept. of Environment and the local authorities. It won’t happen any time soon, if ever. Which is a shame, because it looks good. Expect lots of reports, launches and announcements and people ‘giving it the go ahead’, etc. but nothing will actually happen.

I’m not so sure it will not go ahead in some form or other. Ceannt station is unique amongst Irish provincial city centre rail termini, insofar, as it is a truly city centre. It is only 250m (approx.) from train door to Eyre Square.

Given the extent of the proposed site, it’s location and the ever insatiable demand for commercial and residential property in Galway, this is a particularly valuable and easily disposable piece of real estate for CIE. They would make a tidy profit and end up with a brand spanking new Rail/Bus terminal.

They have, of course, yet to get planning permission. The application will be lodged in September we are told by CIE. It is likely there will be a raft of objections from local interests and already we have heard Micheal D Higgins TD (Lab), shout down CIE’s apparent lack of consultation with the local community. He has also expressed concerns about the nature of the development questioning the ratio of commercial use to transport use, fearing the transport element of the project is taking second place to the profit making commercial/residential parts.

This project is likely to go ahead, perhaps not as we see it presented in the plans to date, but it will happen and probably within the stated timeframe too.