Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
I will take that because we did the feasibility study there. That was an input to an updated Galway transport strategy. We are waiting to see what happens with the ring road before we finish that strategy. That feasibility study identified that there was the potential and enough patronage in the future to justify an east-west light rail line. We need to get the transport strategy finished, then, if there is a firm project in place, it can be brought forward and taking through the planning process. As the Senator knows, there is a plan for a major bus overhaul in Galway city, so that can be the precursor for the rail project in future. It can build up density and patronage along the route, then allow it to transition to light rail.
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