Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The strategy will include a feasibility study on light rail in Galway. I mentioned that specifically in my response. I would not read anything into the lines where it was not mentioned. The process in Galway will be similar to Cork. I would like Galway City and County Council to put in high-quality bus corridors, the likes of this cross-city routes such as the Dublin Road, which will go into planning next year. As the Deputy said, the disconnect in the city is because people live on one side of it and often travel to work on the other side. If we can show, which I am sure we can with high quality bus transport systems, that there is a demand for such public sector routes, they will be upgraded with light rail. This is how I see it being developed, but it is important to first get those BusConnects routes right. There are many controversies as I understand regarding the specific routes in the city centre. We need to bring the public with us on that. We need the council to be clear on where it is going on transport in Galway city. As it is doing that, it will undergo a tendering process for this specialist team that will look over the strategy.

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