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Galway traffic Saturday.

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  • 10-11-2008 12:13pm
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    finbarrk
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    Why did it take an hour to get from Claregalway to the Ardilaun hotel on Saturday afternoon? Is the traffic normally that bad or were we just unlucky?


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    Zzippy
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    Its not normally that bad. Outside of race week, that was the worst I've ever seen it. Took almost an hour to get from Doughiska into town.


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    biko
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    Galway traffic is getting worse, even though that seems particularly bad.
    Just wait for the Christmas traffic. The weekends will be madness.


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    [Deleted User]
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    There was a big protest march against education cuts on Saturday afternoon.


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    minxie
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There was a big protest march against education cuts on Saturday afternoon.
    yep they say over 10,000 landed on galway....


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    galah
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    it was awful - it took me 30 minutes to get from Father Griffin Road to the docks...

    And that was before the protest started...


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    finbarrk
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    Well maybe the march made it that way. I wouldn't like it every week anyway.


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    Sponge Bob
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    It was caused by traffic tailing back in Merchant road as they queued for the car parks which were full already . It eventually tailed back to flood street and gridlocked the town. This often happens on a wet saturday .

    The solution is that the peelers get off their holes and proactively move these queues on in Merchants Road on days when it is EXCEPTIONALLY wet . It will require a traffic cop in the middle of Merchants road managing the queues on either side .

    That will unlock the grid . Galway Traffic cops are very lazy and would rather go speed gun on long straight stretches of road where there is no risk to anyone if a car does 65mph :(


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    Chris_533976
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    What Galway needs is a P&R. Soon, it will be bus lane along most of the Dublin road. Theres a big field near the roundabout at the start of the Dublin road. Chuck a P&R in there.

    I still think its hilarious that Bus Eireann try to help solve traffic problems by sending their race week buses from Eyre Square. Its ridiculous if you think about it.


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