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@dave123 wrote:
Galway has 72,000 in total.. not 90,000. 🙂 a bit of an exaggeration.
It’s approx 102,000 within a 15 KM radius of the city.
Still a small place though.@THE_Chris wrote:
Its a good idea, but surprisingly little of the current CIE area will be used for Public Transport, which is stupid.
There are 3 Train Platforms in the plan, more than enough for Galway, as any Trains that may go north or south to Limerick and Cork will all change at Athenry. Even if a Light Rail was built, 3 Platforms are easily enough for at least 12 destinations.
@Sulmac wrote:
Hopefully they’ll integrate it with the Ceannt Station development, creating a huge new city quarter.
Also, noticed this as well:
Wonder if Dempsey’s being serious or just saying whatever it takes to make the Wesht happy? :rolleyes:
Yes, the entire plan for the area includes the Ceannt Station area along with more land at the Docks, totalling 114 acres, it’s proposed to build a new modern city centre ” towards the sea”
@Sulmac wrote:
Seems the Docklands plan is starting to get moving now:
http://www.galwaynews.ie/2092-first-glimpse-dockland-project
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Conference centre, some quite tall buildings, massive docklands, looks amazing, can’t wait to see the plans of the final draft.I think the completion date of 2010 is ambitious, considering the usual regular objectors are already lining up.
@THE_Chris wrote:
Who proofread that??
Moving the airport is a ridiculous idea. Its in a good location, it just has rubbish transport links. A reasonably regular bus service there would be fine, or integrate it with any future Luas style plan. Its getting a junction nearby on the new N6, what the hell is the point of moving it??
Agree, there is a small road at the end of the existing runway, sort that problem out, and then it can be extended.plenty of land available.
@Sulmac wrote:
Noticed this today:
http://www.galwaynews.ie/1382-3bn-development-under-threat
Who’s genius idea was it to put oil tanks in the middle of a city anyway…? :rolleyes:
Probably the left wing politicians who are opposed to anything exciting proposed for Galway.
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:
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:Cheers for the link.
Interesting.:cool: Looks good so far.
I would love to see what the proposed facade looks like.@PVC King wrote:
40 acres of foreshore license in the context of the Mutton Island hoo ha is a fantasy. The unco-ordinated piecemeal development of the most logical extension to Galway is entirely premature in the absense of a coherent integrated master plan.
This has been in the pipeline for years now,Yes i agree, the lack of infracture is the biggest worry, although the proposed rail link is certainly a step in the right direction. Perhaps an elevated road network is the only solution to serve what may be a high density area , can’t see any department spending that much money here though,
The plans for the massive docklands developement will be submitted within a few weeks.
Adding this to the Ceannt Station developement, it’s beginning to look like a new modern New City centre “towards the sea ” is going to be created and this will enable the character of the old Medieval city centre to be retained.It’s a massive area when the 40 acres of reclaimed land is added, probably more than 100 acres in total.Perhaps the best compromise would be to use Traditional single glazing on the windows for the astetics, and have a secondary double glazed inner window / shutters to provide the thermal requirments.
@Jammyd wrote:
i think its brilliant that galway is finally starting to consider building up rather than out,, this could be a great show case of galway as a modern city post celtic tiger. however, i presume it will take years for this to happen especially since any high rise development in galway is never welcomed. i can see the petitions start to roll in already :rolleyes:
LOL, yes, the usual suspects are probably already lined up.:(
It would certainly fit in with the plan to extend the city towards the sea , by developing the 40 acres or so that the Harbour Board owns into high density commercial and residential and building the new Docklands from reclaimed land. It would create a ” new city centre” with modern high density design and protect the charachter of the ” old city centre”
Just read in the City Tribune that the Ceannt Station quarter will include two 16 storey buildings and five 8 storey buildings.Sounds promising, hopefully it will be something bold and exciting, but no signs of any plans available yet,
@cobalt wrote:
Is this really the minimum? I was going to explore the possibility of double glazing in my windows but bars 40mm wide just wouldn’t be on – nor would sticking on a framework that makes it look like the window has separate panes. Guess I’ll just have to do without.
I’m afraid so, double glazing requires a 5 MM air circulation gap around the edges of the unit, so add a min. 10 MM extra coverage for the glazing slip makes it 15MM each side and 10 MM in the middle is the bare minimum required to attach the slips each side.
@Rusty Cogs wrote:
I don’t think bits of framing ‘stuck onto the glass’ is going to look like anything other than reproduction muck, IMHO.
If done properly, it looks very like the traditional sash window, The timber is moulded to a traditional profile, and is used on both sides of the glass, with a flat parting bead between the two panes of glass on the double glazed unit. otherwise it would be impossible to include double glazing without having the bars a minimum of 40MM
