Alexander Nimmo made a survey of Lough Corrib almost 200 years ago in which he wrote the following: “The lake has 50 miles of shore, occupies 30,000 Irish acres and contains 1,000 acres of arable land in its isles, and contracts into a very spacious river about two and a half miles above Galway, which, flowing by the town, communicates with the Atlantic. The fall from the summit of the lake to the sea is considerable, but to the Wood Quay, above the town, it is trifling, and the river is in parts very shallow, running over a bed of rocks and hard gravel. It is not navigable from the sea to the Wood Quay owing to its shallowness and the rapidity of the water, and none but small boats can come down; but unless in very dry seasons, it is thence navigable by boats drawing four feet of water and carrying from ten to twenty tons, with one square sail and four men, to Cong. They seldom sail, unless before the wind, and though the lake has many islets and sunken rocks, the only serious d
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25 May 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Concerns have been raised over the prioritised route selection process and the timeline for the rollout of the planned city cycle network.
Several councillors raised issues regarding the planned cycling infrastructure at last evening’s meeting of the city council.
During a discussion on the April and May Chief Executive’s reports, several councillors voiced concerns regarding the proposed cycle network plan.
The May CE report outlines that route option selection reports have been issued to the National Transport Authority for the initial phases of the plan at Ballyloughane Road, Doughiska Road South, Eglinton Canal, Clybaun Road, and Bóthar Stíofain.