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The Galway West Independent TD has held meetings with several senior government ministers to advocate for the Galway City Ring Road and the Claregalway Bypass to be included in detailed commitments when the new NDP is published.

Persistent road safety issues and dangerous driving in Portumna, Loughrea and the surrounding villages were a key issue raised by councillors at the October meeting of the Loughrea Municipal District.

Senator Seán Kyne has welcomed the An Coimisiún Pleanála decision to grant planning permission for safety works at Gortacleva and Kentfield, Bushypark on the N59.

With only one bike hire station located in the east ward of Galway City, Councillor Shane Forde has called on Transport for Ireland (TFI) to invest in his constituency.

This is the expectation of Roads and Infrastructure Minister of State, Sean Canney, who welcomed a €2.4m funding allocation for environmental reports and consultancy services necessary to advance the project to the next stage of planning this week.

Minister of State Seán Canney along with Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien, and Minister of State Jerry Buttimer have announced €67 million in funding for Greenways and National Roads Active Travel infrastructure through Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in 2025. This allocation is dedicated to developing walking and cycling options to communities.

Mayor of Galway Cllr. Eddie Hoare (FG) has welcomed progress on a number of key roads and infrastructure projects across the City.

Mayor of Galway City Cllr Eddie Hoare and Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council Cllr Liam Carroll came together on Monday to officially launch Bike Week 2024 in Galway.

The annual patronage on Local Link services has seen a remarkable 759 per cent increase in passenger numbers from 2018 to 2023. Local Link rural bus services, connecting towns and townlands in rural Ireland carried 3.2 million passengers in 2023, a 14% increase on the 2.8 million passenger journeys in 2022.

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton and Seantor Sean Kyne, have confirmed that the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, will officially open the new N59 Moycullen Bypass on December 11. In January, 2022, Minister Naughton had turned the sod on the project which involved the construction of 4.3km of new national secondary road, improvement to 3km of local roads, 1.7 km of accommodation roads and 10 structures.