The Renmore road pilot scheme that aims to offer some relief to drivers in one of the most hectic traffic zones in the city has come into question.

The scheme, which prevents motorists from using Renmore's local roads as a shortcut in and out of the city, only allows motorists one-way access to Renmore Park from the entrance off the Dublin Road.

Galway City Council has implemented the scheme in order to offer some relief to the residents under siege from motorists. The changes in the area were agreed upon in consultation with local residents with the effects of these changes being monitored in the coming months.

However, in a letter to this paper, one Renmore resident raised several issues regarding the new road layout in Renmore and questioned whether anyone from City Hall had come to view the chaos, which, they claimed, regularly arose in the area.

"If anybody from City Hall had come to the area, they would have observed that the green directional arrow on the left hand traffic pole exiting Renmore has been out for some time. At present the entire area is an accident waiting to happen.

"At anytime of the working day you can have in that small area approaching the traffic lights, cars of residents parked on the road, trucks as is there right delivering goods to Duggans shop, long wheeled buses trying to pick up passengers before exiting Renmore. Behind the buses are 'rat racers' and residents from Renmore trying to leave Renmore. Vehicles leaving the hospital and cars trying to enter Renmore.

"Add to this on various days, army trucks, oil trucks, garbage trucks and various size trucks from delivery firms and builders. In a number of weeks there will parents bringing their children to the Renmore school in the morning and in the evening."

The resident, who did not wish to be named said the money wasted in making the road one way could have been better used in making Murragh Avenue one way.

"That way everybody would know that the city council was making an effort to stop the rat racers. Galway City Council will some day have to make an effort to stop the rat racers and the place to do that is on the Dublin Road," stressed the Renmore resident.

However Director of Services, Ciaran Hayes said this week that he had a meeting with the Renmore Residents' Association earlier this month. He said Galway City Council put forward the idea of putting bollards in the first phase of traffic calming in Renmore Park.

"We got a very good reaction to the idea. We are hopeful of putting these bollards into place before this school term starts," he said.

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