Athlone thread

Wouldnt blame them. Daft route. The Eurovelo project is to link cities. Doing it in such a zigzag route is mental. If it was about the scenery of the route, do you really think theyd have done Mullingar to Athlone.

Of course thats not the main reason theyre pulling out but I dont think many will care given the pointless route it is now taking. At least the section near Athlone links alot of bike commuters

In fairness the brits did the hard work in land acquisition for the mullingar to athlone greenway. And most greenways in the country. Took us a hundred years to attempt similar scale infrastructure projects.

Landowners were even happy to see likes of old mullingar line disused and decaying. Anecdotally many would have half an eye on incorporating parts of it into their holding. I've seen this happen a good few times and it seems relatively easy to get your local council to extinguish rights of way and routes if nobody objects.

That said, I agree, the new route is daft. A simpler solution would have been follow the motorway. There are new access roads along most of the motorway each side. Although I know there's the odd new house built on them now - which is very poor planning by roscommon Co council (but that's not surprising given their atrocious record in monksland)

Mr price is excellent... even if it violates planning law. Did they ever get that rectified?

Although the cheapest of those discounts stores in Athlone continues to be supersavers in Monksland

Homestoreandmore is fairly premium alright, apart from their special sales. Jysk should probably survive with all the new houses in the town.

Coppers?

Closed many years ago.

There was a minor fire above Peddlers (that name you're looking for). Not sure how serious or even genuine. Theyre not losing much this time of year. Maybe using the time to finish renovations too.

Devils advocate, the junction beside that garage is mental. If you are pulling out of the garage, you get stuck if there is a queue for the lights. Add a LIDL to that with tonnes more traffic lights and the Tuam Road becomes Ballymahon Road mark 2.

Saying all that, id love to see Monksland slowed to town levels. Revvers need to be silenced.

I did (briefly) see plans for the site, and this was taken into account. That entire section was being bought, including all those houses along the Roscommon road, across from the old butchers. There would have been a new entrance/exit onto the Roscommon road and the junction with the lights was being redone.

You might as well say the Statue Of Liberty is in New Jersey.

Monksland has far far more Athlone (County Westmeath) links than any Roscommon links of any description. The cartel got to alot of people to object to the official redesignation as they knew theyd get cheaper rates being in Ros.

likewise and if ayone ever asks where I'm from I would say Athlone, not South Roscommon or townland.

The divide in Athlone if anything holds the town back when looking for gov investment compared to places like Mullingar etc. for example look at the new EV training centre announced for there the other day while in the mean time Roscommon town is also fighing for a more basic training centre. If the Athlone isnt careful it will be left behind like it was with hospitals yrs ago when it comes to the skills needed for the future.

The local doctors seem to be taking payment upfront these days. Are people really dining and dashing I'm those? Makes no sense. If I dont pay they surely won't take me on for my next ailment.

Newtown are now pay up front.

That's the cricket club isn't it?