monageisha roundabout???

ancientdog

hey people, just wondering if anybody has a picture of monageisha roundabout, (its near the eye cinema). If anybody does can you please put it up on here, thanx.:)

quietobserver

are they going putting lights at that roundabout? looks like it.

Black_Knight

is it this one?
linky

Edit: Are u looking for a current picture? Like, one from the last few days or just one from whenever?

ancientdog

1 from the last year or so, not 1 from 1970 or so.

Black_Knight

ancientdog wrote: »

1 from the last year or so, not 1 from 1970 or so.

Damn

deletes 1972 picture of that area

ancientdog

you are a crafty fellow dark knight, you almost fooled me.

ancientdog

black knight rather.

Black_Knight

Or Black_Knight even .

biko

Left lane coming from Bohermore RB was closed for work last time I drove past. Caused a huge backlog.

synacron trion

quietobserver wrote: »

are they going putting lights at that roundabout? looks like it.

I think so. I think they are taking the roundabout out all together and putting in a junction with traffic lights.

Xiney

I hope so - roundabouts are really pedestrian un-friendly, and they take up more room than normal intersections do.

There really isn't any good thing about them, except I suppose that cars wait less to get through (but I wouldn't say they help traffic at all)

Das Kitty

How comes you're looking for the picture ancientdog?

Krieg

Aye they are taking out the roundabout and turning it back into a junction
Huzzah I say

I imagine it will cause complete havoc. Never seen a roundabout being removed, wonder how they are going to divert traffic

synacron trion

Krieg wrote: »

...wonder how they are going to divert traffic

Very badly I imagine. That area is going to be a disaster zone for months while its underconstruction. I've changed my route into college to go via ballybritt and headford road onto the bridge.

I think the plan is to get rid of that roundabout completely and install traffic lights instead. It's also going to enable people to turn into the Wellpark business park going towards town, instead of going around that stoopid roundabout first.

Shinto

I took a photo of it only a few weeks ago...cos i knew it'd change to an intersection.

Unfortunately i dont have an internet connection now (im using internet cafe) and wont have one for at least another 2 months. So can't post it up at the moment, sorry.

kevmy

synacron trion wrote: »

I think so. I think they are taking the roundabout out all together and putting in a junction with traffic lights.

Xiney wrote: »

I hope so - roundabouts are really pedestrian un-friendly, and they take up more room than normal intersections do.

There really isn't any good thing about them, except I suppose that cars wait less to get through (but I wouldn't say they help traffic at all)

Deleted User wrote: »

I think the plan is to get rid of that roundabout completely and install traffic lights instead. It's also going to enable people to turn into the Wellpark business park going towards town, instead of going around that stoopid roundabout first.

Yeah, the council are replacing it with an intersection. It's the first of many backlogs as they are apparently going to replace all the roundabouts in the city with traffic lighted intersections. Although the magic roundabout is going to be delayed until the Galway shopping centre is being redeveloped.

I wonder if this will help or hamper the traffic in Galway

quietobserver

Xiney wrote: »

There really isn't any good thing about them, except I suppose that cars wait less to get through (but I wouldn't say they help traffic at all)

isnt that the purpose of them? cars wait less time? They are designed for cars not the pedestrians.

Krieg

I was walking by the area and took a couple of pics with my phone, but they are ****e.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2s6uiyd.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/1zn07bq.jpg

ancientdog

thanks kreig, they are fine, cheers dude, and das kitty, i need them for a terrorist plot to make everybody late for school and work and to make them cry.

The work is supposed to be completed before the boats arrive.

It is also supposed to tie in with the lights in Renmore.

Xiney

quietobserver wrote: »

isnt that the purpose of them? cars wait less time? They are designed for cars not the pedestrians.

In terms of public health and the environment, it is in our best interest to make walking and cycling easy and safe.

geeniebops

The roundabouts in Galway are death traps. Half of them have lanes aren't even marked properly or clearly. Couple that with drivers who can't go around them correctly and it's a hazard. Bring on the traffic light controlled junctions I say!

Das Kitty

ancientdog wrote: »

thanks kreig, they are fine, cheers dude, and das kitty, i need them for a terrorist plot to make everybody late for school and work and to make them cry.

In other words you're writing an article and need a pic then.

dilallio

Das Kitty wrote: »

In other words you're writing an article and need a pic then.

Or you're preparing Frank Fahey's website for the 2011 election, and are going to show that the new traffic lights are no good, and should be replaced with a 'state-of the art' roundabout

schween

They're linking all the traffic light junctions on the Dublin Rd so that when you leave the green light at Moneenageisha, by the time you get to Duggans that light will be green and by the time you get to the lights by the old Crystal sight they will be green etc. That's the plan anyways.
I also read that they're rolling out real time bus information along all the Dublin Rd bus stops so that you'll know when the next bus is due.

LowOdour

ancientdog wrote: »

thanks kreig, they are fine, cheers dude, and das kitty, i need them for a terrorist plot to make everybody late for school and work and to make them cry.

Kind of like what the roundabout currently does....hey, your plan worked!

I can give you pictures of the Bothermore roundabout if you want to destroy it, God knows it is overdue

ancientdog

Hello, yes Das kitty i need a pic basically, thats all, but im not writing an article, i just want a pic. Dillallio, i wish i was preparing Frank Faheys website for the 2011 election, whoever he is. LowOdour, my plan did work, all thanks to you, by the way, I already destroyed those pics of the Bothermore roundabout......dont tell anybody

civis_liberalis

At peak times the roundabout simply does not work.

If you have the misfortune to drive through it in the morning, you will see that a lot of people completely disobey the rules of the road on it. Traffic backs up in all directions due to people driving onto the roundabout as if they were driving into a car park.

Sconsey

schween wrote: »

They're linking all the traffic light junctions on the Dublin Rd so that when you leave the green light at Moneenageisha, by the time you get to Duggans that light will be green and by the time you get to the lights by the old Crystal sight they will be green etc. That's the plan anyways.
I also read that they're rolling out real time bus information along all the Dublin Rd bus stops so that you'll know when the next bus is due.

Sounds like a nice idea but won't you be fsked if the lights turn red as you are approaching them, every time you hit lights they will be red

Maybe I don't get it, I'm sure the boffins have modeled the whole thing.