Mr. Michael Nolan:

We started to look at the Galway city ring road with a blank piece of paper. We worked very closely with the National Transport Authority, Galway City Council and Galway County Council to work out a transport strategy for Galway. Part of the solution was a Galway outer ring road, though there are myriad other measures. I am not too au fait with them but I am sure park and ride is part of the picture. The road solution is only one element of the Galway transport strategy. Without taking traffic out of the city centre, most of the other initiatives cannot be delivered on.