New speed limits for Galway City, including a 30km/h limit for much of the city centre, will come into effect from August 28.
The city council has formally adopted the Galway City Council Road Traffic (Special Speed Limits) Bye-Laws No. 1-2023.
This includes 30km/h speed limits for much of the city centre, something which the council first voted in favour of in March of last year.
The area of the city centre which will now be covered by the 30km/h limit, which includes the Docks, westside, downtown, and Bohermore, can be seen in this map.
Also under these bye-laws, the speed limit shall be set at 100km/h from the city boundary past the Martin Roundabout, towards the Coolagh Roundabout and beyond on the N6 until just before the junction with the Ballybane Road.
This will also be the limit set on the N83 Tuam Road from a point 670m north of its junction with the Castlegar Road, also known as School Road.
The speed limit will be set at 80km/h on the N6 from 100m east of the Kirwan Junction until it meets the Tuam Road, as well as on the Headford Road from 970m north of the junction with Bothar an Choiste, until the city boundary.
A speed limit of 60km/h is prescribed for the following roads:
- The Headford Road from 173m north of the Bóthar an Chóiste junction, extending north to 975m from the said junction.
- The N6 from its junction with the Tuam Road, eastwards to a point 80m from its junction with the Ballybane Road.
- The N6 from its junction with the Thomas Hynes Road, eastwards to its
junction with the Seán Mulvoy Road and Headford Road. - The Tuam Road from 20m, north of its junction with the Castlegar Road (also known as School Road), to a point 670m from said junction.
- The N59 Moycullen Road from 40m west of its junction with the Circular Road, northwestwards to the City Boundary.
