Coyotes blocking access to the Footpath at night ?

muppetkiller

Just wondering if this is a new thing , was picking my girlfriend up from the Coach Station and when we got as far as the front of Coyotes, The bouncers had blocked off access to the footpath with Barriers (That coral people from Eyre Square direction into their premises) ? Forcing us on to the Road with our Heavy bags.
Surely this isn't legal for one thing but just wondering if it's been going on long ?

snubbleste

Complain to the Roads section stating that a commercial premises closed off a footpath without authorisation at such a time and place.
http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/RoadsandTraffic/

If you want to know if it is a 'new thing', call the commercial premises in question.

Victor

Complain to council planning / roads departments.

repsol

muppetkiller wrote: »

Just wondering if this is a new thing , was picking my girlfriend up from the Coach Station and when we got as far as the front of Coyotes The bouncers had blocked off access to the footpath with Barriers (That coral people from Eyre Square direction into their premises) ? Forcing us on to the Road with our Heavy bags.
Surely this isn't legal for one thing but just wondering if it's been going on long ?

"Trip" over one of them.They are illegal.;)

muppetkiller

repsol wrote: »

"Trip" over one of them.They are illegal.;)

Well I'll see you there tonight so, I'll need a witness

Curly Judge

Coyotes blocking access to the Footpath at night ?

You had me going there for a minute!
I was about to don my coonskin hat and grab my night sights until I read through it.

The last time I got caught like that was when one of the local papers ran a headline: Hitler starts row in pub
It turned out to be a tiff between two old inebriated codgers arguing about the finer points of the Second World War.

muppetkiller

Curly Judge wrote: »

Coyotes blocking access to the Footpath at night ?

You had me going there for a minute!
I was about to don my coonskin hat and grab my night sights until I read through it.

The last time I got caught like that was when one of the local papers ran a headline: Hitler starts row in pub
It turned out to be a tiff between two old inebriated codgers arguing about the finer points of the Second World War.

Lol I try my Best
I've emailed Galway City Council to see what they say.

fishy fishy

let us know the outcome.

muppetkiller

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your email which I have forwarded to Marcus Keane, Community Warden Supervisor.

Quick reply from them to be fair.

Time

muppetkiller wrote: »

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your email which I have forwarded to Marcus Keane, Community Warden Supervisor.

Quick reply from them to be fair.

I'm still waiting back on a response from Mr Keane since the middle of last year!

snubbleste

You should complain Time

Dealing with written and electronic correspondence
We will endeavour to acknowledge within five working days all written and electronic correspondence and indicate the timeframe for issuing an interim/final reply.
A contact name, number and reference number will be provided with all correspondence http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/CorporateServices/Publications/FileEnglish,1065,en.pdf

Mrs OBumble

muppetkiller wrote: »

Surely this isn't legal for one thing but just wondering if it's been going on long ?

Yes it is illegal (AFAIK).

Not it is not new.

I_smell_fear

I'm no fan of Coyotes in general as it's a bit of a dive, but stepping off the footpath onto the road for about 10 yards is hardly the worlds biggest inconvenience! "First World Problems" gets bandied about a lot, but here it is pretty appropriate. Having said that, I actually admire your energy to be able to complain about such triviality.

muppetkiller

I_smell_fear wrote: »

I'm no fan of Coyotes in general as it's a bit of a dive, but stepping off the footpath onto the road for about 10 yards is hardly the worlds biggest inconvenience! "First World Problems" gets bandied about a lot, but here it is pretty appropriate. Having said that, I actually admire your energy to be able to complain about such triviality.

So what if a drunk on his way home walks straight out onto the road to avoid the barriers and gets killed by a car ? Hardly Trivial ?

soundbyte

What about wheelchair users or those with sight impairments?

snubbleste

This is clearly a ploy to guide every passer-by into the named establishment :cool:

muppetkiller

snubbleste wrote: »

This is clearly a ploy to guide every passer-by into the named establishment :cool:

Actually I was trying to figure it out and I think it's a method for keeping the smoking customers off the road. But it then pushes pedestrians onto the road instead.

snubbleste

Smokers you say.. that's even worse!!

connemara man

Doesnt carbon do the same thing?

confuseddotcom

muppetkiller wrote: »

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your email which I have forwarded to Marcus Keane, Community Warden Supervisor.

Quick reply from them to be fair.

Meh, I reckon that's just a bog-standard automated reply. You could be waiting a while for a real reply I would say.

I_smell_fear wrote: »

I'm no fan of Coyotes in general as it's a bit of a dive, but stepping off the footpath onto the road for about 10 yards is hardly the worlds biggest inconvenience! "First World Problems" gets bandied about a lot, but here it is pretty appropriate. Having said that, I actually admire your energy to be able to complain about such triviality.

What about a family with young toddlers walking and a buggy (ies,)
A wheelchair user,
Physically-challenged people,
Sight-impaired people.
A large group walking along that stretch that have to go off the footpath un-necessarily.

It's far more of an in-convenience if they don't have permission to take up that space one yard or ten.

I_smell_fear

Okay, I am proven wrong. I now understand the huge importance of this issue....TO THE PENTAGON!

BhoscaCapall

lol so you'd rather they take the barriers away so you can try and navigate your suitcase past a massive queue of drunk people?

Just cross the road. Jesus christ.

inisboffin

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Just cross the road. Jesus christ.

Both sides of the road can be nuts, think the Púcan is the one spilling out a lot. Hard to cross the road with big cases at the best of time. I think tourists fare the worst though.

swiftman

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

lol so you'd rather they take the barriers away so you can try and navigate your suitcase past a massive queue of drunk people?

massive queue going into coyotes? hardly!

Kevmorr

muppetkiller wrote: »

Just wondering if this is a new thing , was picking my girlfriend up from the Coach Station and when we got as far as the front of Coyotes, The bouncers had blocked off access to the footpath with Barriers (That coral people from Eyre Square direction into their premises) ? Forcing us on to the Road with our Heavy bags.
Surely this isn't legal for one thing but just wondering if it's been going on long ?

All the nightclubs in Galway city put barriers out at elevan pm during the student week on instruction from the guards to have orderly and safe queues goin into the clubs.there are barriers outside karma,Bentley,carbon,club k,central park and coyotes.it really is not an inconvenience only for someone who likes to complain about nothing.i could also point out that the same thing happens in Athlon e,Sligo .letterkenny,limerick and indeed most student towns.

Gremlinertia

However usually speaking the barriers do not impede the entire footpath in every case except coyotes, they have a very narrow path to deal with though, i make no case except night time disabled access is hard outside coyotes. And yes, i have had to try avail of this at times.

paddydriver

I_smell_fear wrote: »

Okay, I am proven wrong. I now understand the huge importance of this issue....TO THE PENTAGON!

Think they're talking Galway... if you want to take it to the Pentagon then best of luck to ye. Go off troll there instead.

Iwannahurl

muppetkiller wrote: »

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your email which I have forwarded to Marcus Keane, Community Warden Supervisor.

Quick reply from them to be fair.

That was from Customer Service, I'll bet. Very efficient, no clout.

Please let us know if/when you get a response from the responsible department.

Iwannahurl

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

lol so you'd rather they take the barriers away so you can try and navigate your suitcase past a massive queue of drunk people?

Just cross the road. Jesus christ.

Remove both hazards, I say. Drunks don't own the city, and businesses don't own the footpaths.

I was out and about last night and I was stunned by the ridiculous speed of cars on Market Street and Dominick Street. Crossing the road in front of traffic is a hazard.

muppetkiller

Gremlinertia wrote: »

However usually speaking the barriers do not impede the entire footpath in every case except coyotes, they have a very narrow path to deal with though, i make no case except night time disabled access is hard outside coyotes. And yes, i have had to try avail of this at times.

Correct the reason I raised it is that Coyotes take over the entire footpath.
Carbon run it along the middle of the footpath, so there is room for people to walk by.

muppetkiller

Kevmorr wrote: »

All the nightclubs in Galway city put barriers out at elevan pm during the student week on instruction from the guards to have orderly and safe queues goin into the clubs.there are barriers outside karma,Bentley,carbon,club k,central park and coyotes.it really is not an inconvenience only for someone who likes to complain about nothing.i could also point out that the same thing happens in Athlon e,Sligo .letterkenny,limerick and indeed most student towns.

You joined up to make that post ? How's business down there :P