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An “unworkable” plan “lacking in ambition”, or a necessary “brave step” towards reducing car dependency? The public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway proposals may have closed, but no heat has left the debate on the controversial proposals.

The floods which have played havoc with Salthill over the last decade could be greatly reduced and minimised now that flood relief plans for the area are progressing.

A total of €44,000 has been set aside in the Galway City Council budget to carry out a feasibility study on re-introducing the tidal pools at Ladies Beach in Salthill.

New bins along the Salthill promenade are welcome, but there can be no substitute for personal responsibility and ensuring that litter is discarded appropriately".

A contractor will be appointed by the Galway City Council to install a Changing Places facility at Ladies Beach in Salthill.

A pedestrian crossing is “urgently needed” at Blackrock in Salthill as the current roundabout/junction “presents a real threat” to those who cross it “on a daily basis”.

A special garden area in the city should be created for those who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth.

The Salthill Cycleway pilot scheme is “a victory for everyone in the city”, but it has to be made work, and become the start of a new approach to transport in the city, one that will reduce, not increase, the city’s already chronic traffic congestion.

New public toilets at Palmer’s Rock in Salthill, within the coming weeks, replacing the previous toilet facilities which had fallen into a poor condition.

Carragh Mews housing estate in Salthill is another step closer to being taken in charge by the Galway City Council.