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Galway’s days as the ‘Roundabout city’ could be coming to an end with new plans to remove seven of the city’s roundabouts and replace them with signalised junctions.

The notoriously busy junction at the Ballyragget turnoff on the Castlecomer Road, is set to become a safer and more efficient junction with the construction of a new roundabout.

The recent NRA funding of €4.3 million is a big boost and will help make a “real difference” in the city council’s work to provide high standard road infrastructure and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, according to Joe Tansey, head of the Galway Transportation Unit.

Mayo County Council's Road Safety Officer has issued an appeal to members of the council and those who intend on contesting the upcoming election when erecting election posters. “Driver distraction has a negative impact on road safety and so only essential signage should appear,” said Noel Gibbons.

The Galway Cycling Campaign has given a “no confidence” vote in the Galway City Council’s ability to use the recently allocated NRA funding of €4.325 million to effectively improve safety and infrastructure for cyclists on the city’s roadways.

From Monday, a temporary one way system will operate southbound from Rahoon Road to the Deane Roundabout, aka the Fort Lorenzo Roundabout, for six months.

Starting on Monday, there will be reduced traffic lane widths along Bishop O’Donnell Road from the Browne Roundabout at Corrib Park to the junction with Circular Road.

Ballina town councillor Willie Nolan has claimed that the emergency services are being adversely affected by the new traffic layout in Ballina which has caused a lot of problems in the town since it was implemented last week. “I have been informed by members of the emergency services, especially the fire service, that they are quite concerned about the new traffic layout and how it could affect them,” the Fianna Fáil town councillor told the Mayo Advertiser this week. “You have the situation where members of the fire service are at home and get a call to come to the station to collect the tender to go out on a call. At the moment they are highly likely to come into one of the major traffic backlogs that have built up in the town and it will delay them getting to the tender. Then they also could have to go back through the traffic to get to the call they are going to.”

Fine Gael Castlebar town councillor Noreen Heston has expressed her concern that no bicycle lane exists on the Moneen Road in Castlebar.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD has welcomed the new road markings on the Moneen Road at Kilkenny Cross in Castlebar.