Campaigners for a light rail system in Galway will make a presentation to city councillors tomorrow about the proposed €200 million project, ahead of a consultant being appointed to carry out a feasibility study next month.
The Galway City Business Association, which has more than 200members, has thrown its weight behind the ‘Gluas’ project, which is also backed by the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) and the Health Service Executive West.
The campaign group is proposing that a loan of €100 million be requested from the European Investment Bank and that the rest of the funds be generated from private investors and businesses based in Galway.
The Gluas group want to build a 21-kilometre network of three lines within three years, with between 50 and 64 stops serving the city and suburbs.
Galway City Council has set a deadline of Thursday for applications for a consultant to carry out a feasibility study on the project.
Professor Lesley Lewis, a British expert on light rail, who has researched the viability of a Galway system, said the system would not require the large-scale groundworks seen in Dublin during the building of the Luas tram system.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008
Ambitious plan to give Galway its own 'Gluas' trams
GALWAY could have its own light rail system called Gluas up and running within three years and at a cost of just €200m.
It will be cheaper than the capital's Luas system, which began in 2001 and ended up costing €775m.
Ambitious plans to build a 21km network of three lines with 64 stations serving the east and west of the city will be unveiled next Monday.
Proposers claim the system will need just 12,000 passengers a day to break even. And unlike the Dublin system, all three lines would actually link up.
The first line would have a park-and-ride site at the western end of the Western Distributor Road in Knocknacarra, running to Bishop O'Donnell Road and Westside, before crossing the River Corrib at the Quincentennial Bridge.
It would continue to Bohermore and past the G Hotel onto the Dublin Road, with a depot at Merlin Park.
The second line would have a park-and-ride site at Dangan/Bushypark -- linking with the first line at the Quincentennial Bridge -- then down the Newcastle Road to serve NUI Galway and UCH Galway.
The tram would travel down University Road and across the Salmon Weir Bridge before going up Eglington Street to Eyre Square.
It would continue to Prospect Hill and out the Tuam Road before making its way to another park-and-ride site at Briarhill to serve Ballbrit Industrial Estate and Galway Racecourse. The third line would run from Westside -- linking with the first line -- and then into the city centre.
Irish Independent
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It will be cheaper than the capital's Luas system, which began in 2001 and ended up costing €775m.
Ambitious plans to build a 21km network of three lines with 64 stations serving the east and west of the city will be unveiled next Monday.
Proposers claim the system will need just 12,000 passengers a day to break even. And unlike the Dublin system, all three lines would actually link up.
The first line would have a park-and-ride site at the western end of the Western Distributor Road in Knocknacarra, running to Bishop O'Donnell Road and Westside, before crossing the River Corrib at the Quincentennial Bridge.
It would continue to Bohermore and past the G Hotel onto the Dublin Road, with a depot at Merlin Park.
The second line would have a park-and-ride site at Dangan/Bushypark -- linking with the first line at the Quincentennial Bridge -- then down the Newcastle Road to serve NUI Galway and UCH Galway.
The tram would travel down University Road and across the Salmon Weir Bridge before going up Eglington Street to Eyre Square.
It would continue to Prospect Hill and out the Tuam Road before making its way to another park-and-ride site at Briarhill to serve Ballbrit Industrial Estate and Galway Racecourse. The third line would run from Westside -- linking with the first line -- and then into the city centre.
Irish Independent
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