The structure of this Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for the Busconnects Galway: Cross City Link Scheme (hereafter referred to as the Proposed Scheme) is summarised as follows:
This report for the purposes of Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening has been prepared to support a Planning
Application for the Proposed Scheme:
The Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared by Moore Group – Environmental Services on
behalf of Galway City Council:
Busconnects Galway: Cross City Link Scheme Compulsory Purchase Order 2022:
Busconnects Galway: Cross City Link Scheme Supplementary Information: View more details
Welcome to The BusConnects Galway:
Cross-City Link (University Road to Dublin Road) Scheme:
The BusConnects
Galway: Cross-City Link (University Road to Dublin Road) Scheme (the Proposed
Scheme) will form a central route for public transport, cyclists and better
connect places of interest for pedestrians along an east-west corridor through
Galway City centre. The aim of the Proposed Scheme is to provide improved
walking, cycling and bus infrastructure on this key access corridor in Galway
City, which will enable and deliver efficient, safe, and integrated sustainable
transport movement along the corridor.
The Proposed Scheme comprises the ‘Cross-City Link’, supporting sections of the ‘Inner-City Access Route’ and other associated traffic management measures considered necessary to enable the introduction of the Cross-City Link and will support integrated sustainable transport usage through infrastructure improvements and transport management measures for active travel (both walking and cycling), and the provision of enhanced bus priority measures for existing (both public and private) and all future services who will use the Proposed Scheme.
An BusConnects na Gaillimhe: Cruthóidh an Scéim Nasc Traschathrach
(Bóthar na hOllscoile go Bóthar Bhaile Átha Cliath) (an Scéim Bheartaithe)
bealach lárnach d’iompar poiblí, agus do rothaithe agus nascfaidh siad níos
fearr áiteanna spéise do choisithe feadh conaire soir-siar trí lár Chathair na
Gaillimhe. Is é aidhm na Scéime Beartaithe bonneagar feabhsaithe siúil, rothaíochta
agus bus a sholáthar ar an bpríomhchonair rochtana seo i gCathair na Gaillimhe,
a chumasóidh agus a sheacadhfaidh gluaiseacht iompair inbhuanaithe atá
éifeachtach, sábháilte agus comhtháite feadh na conaire.
Cuimsíonn an Scéim Beartaithe an ‘Nasc Traschathrach’, codanna tacaíochta
den ‘Bealach Rochtana Lár na Cathrach’ agus bearta bainistíochta tráchta gaolmhara
eile a mheastar a bheith riachtanach chun an Nasc Traschathrach a thabhairt
isteach agus tacóidh sí le húsáid iompair inbhuanaithe chomhtháite trí
fheabhsaithe bonneagair agus bearta bainistíochta iompair do thaisteal
gníomhach (siúl agus rothaíocht araon), agus trí bhearta feabhsaithe tosaíochta
bus a sholáthar do sheirbhísí reatha (poiblí agus príobháideacha) agus do gach
seirbhís sa todhchaí a bhainfidh úsáid as an Scéim atá beartaithe.
