New traffic layout on Parkmore Road

Gadgetman496

Commuters and visitors are facing an evening of traffic chaos as restrictions are to be put in place at the Briarhill/Parkmore junction at 6pm.

Resurfacing works are being carried out at the heavily congested location from 6 until around 11pm.

A stop go system will be in place, and the contractors carrying out the works say all routes in and out of the city will be affected.

It comes as thousands of visitors descend on the city every evening to attend the Galway International Arts Festival.

Meanwhile, motorists in the west of the county are also impacted by delays today.

Surface dressing is taking place between the Connemara Coast Hotel to Furbo beach until 4pm.

A stop go system is in operation, and the County Council is advising motorists to take the L1320 road from Spiddal village to Moycullen and onto the N59 to Galway.

Elsewhere, verge trimming works will take place today and tomorrow (wed) on the N18 Kilcolgan to Gort Road.

As a result, a stop-go system for traffic will be in place until 6 this evening and from 8a.m to 6pm tomorrow.

Mrs OBumble

I'm picking that this is probably not a bad night for doing such resurfacing: most people going in for the arts-fest will already be there, and lots of workers are on holiday

todders

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I'm picking that this is probably not a bad night for doing such resurfacing: most people going in for the arts-fest will already be there, and lots of workers are on holiday

But lots of workers in parkmore aren't on Holidays :-) And are already in work by the time this was reported by the Connacht Tribune.

Unless anyone knows if this was communicated elsewhere before this afternoon?

If it was, a lot of people didn't hear about it.

It would make sense to push it out to start at at least 7pm to miss the usual traffic

Hoping they are planning on doing this anyway but are just reporting a 6pm start to get the skates on the stragglers

Gadgetman496

Any such works in Galway during the 2 weeks of the Arts Festival or Race Week is ridiculous. There are 49 other weeks in which this work could be scheduled.

I laughed last week while in the city for the Arts Festival. The City Council had just closed off the entire High St to pedestrians. from the health food store opposite the rear of St Nicolas Church right down to the junction of Cross St just up from the Quays in order to facilitate fixing of the cobble stones. It was a beautiful sunny day and the place was full of people, they (the people) pulled back the barriers and just took to the street, within minutes the whole street was a sea of people and the workmen just stood aside scratching their heads. We all know how dangerous those cobble stones are in places but to attempt that work on one of the more busiest streets smack in the middle of the Arts Festival was insane.