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Castlegar Way

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  • 25-09-2011 9:11pm
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    Fuinseog
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    Does anyone know anything about this way? There was an article about in in the Sentinel about two weeks ago, but very brief.

    where exactly does it start?
    How long is it?


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    zarquon
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    http://tinyurl.com/43yo2v6


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    galwaycyclist
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    There is a longstanding proposal to develop and connect up the various boreens and country lanes around the city as a resource for walking and cycling. There are several extensive routes possible that could get you around - eg bypass - almost the entire city without having to go on main roads.

    The City Council Roads and Planning departments are opposed to such measures. As I recall, Director of Services Ciaran Hayes was succesful in defeating a proposal to make this a specific objective of the city development plan. If I understand his position, he wants to use such roads as a means of providing for increased capacity for motorised traffic. Likewise as I understand it the city planners think such routes should only be provided through dedicated parks.

    The city council executive are also objecting to the inclusion of such proposals in the current draft walking and cycling strategy for the city.


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    Sponge Bob
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    These identified boreens are not public roads ( as in maintained by the corpo ....they are public right of ways) and are not tarred I take it. Therefore they carry little or no vehicular traffic of any sort right now.


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    biko
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    It's just a walking "road" mainly. Nice for an evening stroll with the dog.

    Some info
    http://www.castlegar-county-galway.com/


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    galwaycyclist
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    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    These identified boreens are not public roads ( as in maintained by the corpo ....they are public right of ways) and are not tarred I take it. Therefore they carry little or no vehicular traffic of any sort right now.

    Bothar-na-coiste is an example of the type of minor road that is currently open to through traffic but could be easily developed as a walking and cycling route.

    http://www.castlegar-county-galway.com/bothar-na-coiste-castlegar-galway

    It is not the presence of other traffic that is the problem for walkers and cyclists on such roads but its speed, its volume and what it is doing there (eg rat running or just going to a destination on the same road?). These are all matters that could be addressed to create an extensive set of walking and cycling routes around the city using similar roads.


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    Aiel
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    I had heard there is/was an idea to link some of the those Boreen's around the Castlegar area on the East side of the Headford Rd with more Boreen's around the Menlo area on the other(west) side of the Headford Rd and make it into a decent trail.The trail would then come down the dyke rd into the city centre and by the canals down towards the Prom.
    Some of the boreen roads around these area's are an absolute maze and are known only by the locals,so if there is a trail going to be made then obviously good signage is vital.


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    galwaycyclist
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    Aiel wrote: »
    I had heard there is/was an idea to link some of the those Boreen's around the Castlegar area on the East side of the Headford Rd with more Boreen's around the Menlo area on the other(west) side of the Headford Rd and make it into a decent trail.The trail would then come down the dyke rd into the city centre and by the canals down towards the Prom.
    Some of the boreen roads around these area's are an absolute maze and are known only by the locals,so if there is a trail going to be made then obviously good signage is vital.

    Yep there is a potential route all the way to the coast from the Dyke Rd through Menlo and out via the racecourse/Parkmore/Briarhill. One obstacle is the rat running through Menlo and also the levels of traffic using the Dyke rd. The solution to that is to close the Dyke Rd to motor vehicles - all that would be needed is to block the underpass under the Quincentenary bridge. This would also discourage rat running through Tirellan etc.


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    Fuinseog
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    galwaycyclist wrote: »
    Yep there is a potential route all the way to the coast from the Dyke Rd through Menlo and out via the racecourse/Parkmore/Briarhill. One obstacle is the rat running through Menlo and also the levels of traffic using the Dyke rd. The solution to that is to close the Dyke Rd to motor vehicles - all that would be needed is to block the underpass under the Quincentenary bridge. This would also discourage rat running through Tirellan etc.

    there is a kind of walk way of the dyke itself, which was started but never really finished.

    there is a nice bohreen walk near Menlo Castle as you go through the old entrance and keep on following the road. It has not been used much and gets narrower as you move along, eventually becoming impassable.


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