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To: Mayo County Council
Cong residents objection to current relief road options
Cong relief road route petition April 2025
Petition to Mayo and Galway County Councils to:
1) Halt current phase2 route planning stage/ process on proposed Cong relief road.
2) Hold a public meeting with the people of Cong and surrounding area to listen to and review relief road concerns, options and alternatives.
Why is this important?
Mayo and Galway county councils want to build a relief road to extract traffic from Cong and are pushing this through with little to no publicity, with much haste and most importantly, with next to no contact or discussion with the people of Cong. The proposed routes, rather than remove traffic from Cong are funnelling it into the village and have the potential to destroy large tracts of woodland, our local countryside and the privacy and amenity of homes in the area. We have been given less than 2 weeks to review and comment on plans that will impact on Cong, its habitat and people for decades to come.
As the people of Cong, we feel the routes fail to meet the outline objectives and needs of Cong and moving to a single candidate route at this time is extremely premature in the absence of meaningful public consultation and detailed surveying. We do not support the proposed routes and feel that other alternative options need to be explored.
The council needs to put a stop to this current process, stall all associated deadlines and have a public meeting to afford local people the opportunity to voice and explore their alternatives. For example, a simple bylaw banning HGV traffic policed by a camera system would restrict HGV access to the narrow 1-way system in the village. Money saved from any relief road could be better spent upgrading existing roads.
Cong and its surrounds are an area of stunning beauty, rich heritage and wildlife and we will NOT let our homes be destroyed.
If we work together, anything is possible. We CAN do this!
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Cong relief road route petition April 2025
Petition to Mayo and Galway County Councils to:
1) Halt current phase2 route planning stage/ process on proposed Cong relief road.
2) Hold a public meeting with the people of Cong and surrounding area to listen to and review relief road concerns, options and alternatives.
Please review the petition summary page and sign if you are happy that it reflects your feelings on the matter. We would be grateful if you would let others in your area know about this petition.