A new development on the Tuam Road outside Galway has been shelved.
Original report from the Galway City Tribune
An Bord Pleanála has overruled plans to develop a 'new town' outside Galway City on the Tuam Road.
Galway City Council proposed a 19-acre development which was to include new apartments, offices, a supermarket and a hotel.
The site was to be located off the Tuam Road where the City North Business Park currently lies.
The proposed site was about a 4km drive from Eyre Square, between Two Mile Ditch and Bóthar na dTreabh.
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An Bord Pleanála said the proposal wasn't in line with the Council's rezoning in their City Development Plan.
They said it represented an 'urban sprawl' as opposed to a brand new suburb.
Another reason for the refusal was the dependency of traffic from trips of private cars.
Galway City has long been a traffic hotbed, and many have called for more public transport options as a result.
