Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome some of the improvements that are taking place, albeit belatedly. The Minister of State will know that Galway is going under with traffic. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the country which is thriving in terms of employment but it is absolutely bogged down in traffic. The Minister of State knows that if I showed her a photograph of all the reports from my 17 years on the council it would almost reach the ceiling. We had smart travel that was anything but smart, the Buchanan transport study and now we are in 2022. The Minister of State was there with me when the council unanimously agreed to put in park and ride in 2005 which was never rolled out. Here we are and the NTA in its latest response to me tells me that it is only looking at the east of the city. Every time I ask a question the situation seems to deteriorate without any recognition of the urgent need to take bold brave steps with Galway city and roll it out as a green lean city. The first thing is a feasibility study on light rail.

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