Keep an Irish City Green-Stop Road thru Urban Forest
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Officials in Galway City Ireland are proposing to build a new roadw
ay through a unique & developing urban woodland known as the Terryland Forest Park that was promoted as our country's first 'People's Park' & as one of modern Europe's largest urban neighborhood woodland developments when it was launched in 2000.
Over a period of 4 years, tens of thousands of local people of all ages, though community 'plantathons', planted 90,000 native Irish trees in an effort to create a unique parkland of natural habitats, heritage features & recreational facilities on 160 acres, most of which was saved from the threat of built development.
The park was officially declared as the 'Green Lungs for Galway City' & an important ecological corridor winding its way through an urban area linking our main river (River Corrib) to the rural landscapes of east Galway.
The Park was managed by a community-based Steering Committee; it was envisaged that it would eventually contain 500,000 trees & become a fantastic riverine/woodland city centre park suitable for picnics, open-air concerts, art workshops, Outdoor Classrooms with
nature trails, a community tree nursery & arboreal playgrounds. It was also agreed that it would be become the location for a Forestry Interpretative Centre and an outdoor amphi-theatre suitable for staging drama and music concerts. Present habitat fragmentation caused by existing roads was to be overcome by using building rubble to form mounds either side of the roads topped off by eco-bridges.
The importance of planting native trees in Ireland cannot be overestimated in a country that is the most treeless in the EU.
Sadly in the last few years the local council has curtailed the powers of the steering committee & stopped public events in the park. Now we are being presented with a proposal to build a road though its ground that officials
promote as a solution in solving traffic congestion in what is Ireland's most car-dependent city in Europe's most car dependent country.
Yet we see it only as an opportunity to open up still more ecologically sensitive lands for increased development & to support the expansionist plans of the nearby business parks.
The road plans will also be a slap in the face by City Hall to local people who have helped nurture an urban forest that is becoming populated by a myriad of wildlife such as pheasant, hare & vole.
Public commitments by council to the wider community should not now be sacrificed to suit the needs of some developers.
Ireland is now suffering from unplanned urban sprawl caused by economic growth and population increase that is rapidly eliminating the greenness of a picturesque countryside that has been the legendary characteristic of the Emerald Isle since time immemorial.
We are also calling on the Council to re-instate a properly resourced community-orientated Park Steering Committee, provide a coterie of Park Rangers & implement an annual calendar of well-advertised family activities for the Park.
Our website address is www.friendsoftheterrylandforest.blogspot.com
ay through a unique & developing urban woodland known as the Terryland Forest Park that was promoted as our country's first 'People's Park' & as one of modern Europe's largest urban neighborhood woodland developments when it was launched in 2000.Over a period of 4 years, tens of thousands of local people of all ages, though community 'plantathons', planted 90,000 native Irish trees in an effort to create a unique parkland of natural habitats, heritage features & recreational facilities on 160 acres, most of which was saved from the threat of built development.
The park was officially declared as the 'Green Lungs for Galway City' & an important ecological corridor winding its way through an urban area linking our main river (River Corrib) to the rural landscapes of east Galway.
The Park was managed by a community-based Steering Committee; it was envisaged that it would eventually contain 500,000 trees & become a fantastic riverine/woodland city centre park suitable for picnics, open-air concerts, art workshops, Outdoor Classrooms with
nature trails, a community tree nursery & arboreal playgrounds. It was also agreed that it would be become the location for a Forestry Interpretative Centre and an outdoor amphi-theatre suitable for staging drama and music concerts. Present habitat fragmentation caused by existing roads was to be overcome by using building rubble to form mounds either side of the roads topped off by eco-bridges.The importance of planting native trees in Ireland cannot be overestimated in a country that is the most treeless in the EU.
Sadly in the last few years the local council has curtailed the powers of the steering committee & stopped public events in the park. Now we are being presented with a proposal to build a road though its ground that officials
promote as a solution in solving traffic congestion in what is Ireland's most car-dependent city in Europe's most car dependent country.
Yet we see it only as an opportunity to open up still more ecologically sensitive lands for increased development & to support the expansionist plans of the nearby business parks.
The road plans will also be a slap in the face by City Hall to local people who have helped nurture an urban forest that is becoming populated by a myriad of wildlife such as pheasant, hare & vole.
Public commitments by council to the wider community should not now be sacrificed to suit the needs of some developers.
Ireland is now suffering from unplanned urban sprawl caused by economic growth and population increase that is rapidly eliminating the greenness of a picturesque countryside that has been the legendary characteristic of the Emerald Isle since time immemorial.
We are also calling on the Council to re-instate a properly resourced community-orientated Park Steering Committee, provide a coterie of Park Rangers & implement an annual calendar of well-advertised family activities for the Park.
Our website address is www.friendsoftheterrylandforest.blogspot.com
Officials in Galway City Ireland are proposing to build a new roadway through a unique & developing urban woodland known as the Terryland Forest Park that was promoted as our country's first 'People's Park' & as one of modern Europe's largest urban neighborhood woodland developments when it was launched in 2000.
Over a period of 4 years, tens of thousands of local people of all ages, though community 'plantathons', planted 90,000 native Irish trees in an effort to create a unique parkland of natural habitats, heritage features & recreational facilities on 160 acres, most of which was saved from the threat of built development.
The park was officially declared as the 'Green Lungs for Galway City' & an important ecological corridor winding its way through an urban area linking our main river (River Corrib) to the rural landscapes of east Galway.
The Park was managed by a community-based Steering Committee; it was envisaged that it would eventually contain 500,000 trees & become a fantastic riverine/woodland city centre park suitable for picnics, open-air concerts, art workshops, Outdoor Classrooms with nature trails, a community tree nursery & arboreal playgrounds. It was also agreed that it would be become the location for a Forestry Interpretative Centre and an outdoor amphi-theatre suitable for staging drama and music concerts. Present habitat fragmentation caused by existing roads was to be overcome by using building rubble to form mounds either side of the roads topped off by eco-bridges.
The importance of planting native trees in Ireland cannot be overestimated in a country that is the most treeless in the EU.
Sadly in the last few years the local council has curtailed the powers of the steering committee & stopped public events in the park. Now we are being presented with a proposal to build a road though its ground that officials
promote as a solution in solving traffic congestion in what is Ireland's most car-dependent city in Europe's most car dependent country.
Yet we see it only as an opportunity to open up still more ecologically sensitive lands for increased development & to support the expansionist plans of the nearby business parks.
The road plans will also be a slap in the face by City Hall to local people who have helped nurture an urban forest that is becoming populated by a myriad of wildlife such as pheasant, hare & vole.
Public commitments by council to the wider community should not now be sacrificed to suit the needs of some developers.
Ireland is now suffering from unplanned urban sprawl caused by economic growth and population increase that is rapidly eliminating the greenness of a picturesque countryside that has been the legendary characteristic of the Emerald Isle since time immemorial.
We are also calling on the Council to re-instate a properly resourced community-orientated Park Steering Committee, provide a coterie of Park Rangers & implement an annual calendar of well-advertised family activities for the Park.
Our website address is www.friendsoftheterrylandforest.blogspot.com
ay through a unique & developing urban woodland known as the Terryland Forest Park that was promoted as our country's first 'People's Park' & as one of modern Europe's largest urban neighborhood woodland developments when it was launched in 2000.Over a period of 4 years, tens of thousands of local people of all ages, though community 'plantathons', planted 90,000 native Irish trees in an effort to create a unique parkland of natural habitats, heritage features & recreational facilities on 160 acres, most of which was saved from the threat of built development.
The park was officially declared as the 'Green Lungs for Galway City' & an important ecological corridor winding its way through an urban area linking our main river (River Corrib) to the rural landscapes of east Galway.
The Park was managed by a community-based Steering Committee; it was envisaged that it would eventually contain 500,000 trees & become a fantastic riverine/woodland city centre park suitable for picnics, open-air concerts, art workshops, Outdoor Classrooms with
nature trails, a community tree nursery & arboreal playgrounds. It was also agreed that it would be become the location for a Forestry Interpretative Centre and an outdoor amphi-theatre suitable for staging drama and music concerts. Present habitat fragmentation caused by existing roads was to be overcome by using building rubble to form mounds either side of the roads topped off by eco-bridges.The importance of planting native trees in Ireland cannot be overestimated in a country that is the most treeless in the EU.
Sadly in the last few years the local council has curtailed the powers of the steering committee & stopped public events in the park. Now we are being presented with a proposal to build a road though its ground that officials
promote as a solution in solving traffic congestion in what is Ireland's most car-dependent city in Europe's most car dependent country.
Yet we see it only as an opportunity to open up still more ecologically sensitive lands for increased development & to support the expansionist plans of the nearby business parks.
The road plans will also be a slap in the face by City Hall to local people who have helped nurture an urban forest that is becoming populated by a myriad of wildlife such as pheasant, hare & vole.
Public commitments by council to the wider community should not now be sacrificed to suit the needs of some developers.
Ireland is now suffering from unplanned urban sprawl caused by economic growth and population increase that is rapidly eliminating the greenness of a picturesque countryside that has been the legendary characteristic of the Emerald Isle since time immemorial.
We are also calling on the Council to re-instate a properly resourced community-orientated Park Steering Committee, provide a coterie of Park Rangers & implement an annual calendar of well-advertised family activities for the Park.
Our website address is www.friendsoftheterrylandforest.blogspot.com
We, the undersigned, disagree with the proposal before Galway City Council to build a roadway through the Terryland Forest Park as it will not help traffic flow in the city, will have a catastrophic effect on wildlife by destroying a developing ecological corridor & undermine the planned recreational and educational amenities in what is referred to as the Peoples Park and an Urban Cultural Woodland.
It would also be a betrayal of the tens of thousands of children & adults who planted trees & bulbs in Terryland Forest Park since 2000.
It would also be a betrayal of the tens of thousands of children & adults who planted trees & bulbs in Terryland Forest Park since 2000.
We signed the "Keep an Irish City Green-Stop Road thru Urban Forest" petition!
# 207:
11:45 am PDT, Apr 30,
Darshit Raval, India
# 206:
3:34 am PDT, Apr 30,
Sarolta Nagy, Serbia And Montenegro
# 205:
6:57 pm PDT, Apr 27,
Julia Cristiane, Brazil
# 204:
9:56 am PDT, Apr 26,
JAMES SULLIVAN, Illinois
# 203:
9:06 pm PDT, Apr 24,
Darlene Davis, Michigan
# 202:
5:10 pm PDT, Apr 23,
Michelle Lopert, Australia
With the advent of peak oil, what we need are more bicycle paths, not roads.
With the advent of peak oil, what we need are more bicycle paths, not roads.
# 201:
11:58 am PDT, Apr 23,
Niall Johnson, California
While I might be convinced of the short term objectives of the proposed road, this is the start of a potentially slippery slope. You cannot simply lay a road on an apparent whim. With such a public outcry, should this road have further consideration? Why not circumvent the forested area? Do not allow this to be as embarrassing and as potentially easily solvable as the M3 mess.
While I might be convinced of the short term objectives of the proposed road, this is the start of a potentially slippery slope. You cannot simply lay a road on an apparent whim. With such a public outcry, should this road have further consideration? Why not circumvent the forested area? Do not allow this to be as embarrassing and as potentially easily solvable as the M3 mess.
# 200:
11:47 am PDT, Apr 23,
Mary Gilroy Johnson, Ireland
Does Galway City Ireland not realise that the day of the private car is numbered? Petrol and diesel are rising rapidly in cost. Ethanol is not an efficient fuel for the car engine. Ethanol farming is pushing out tillage in the bread baskets of the world. Has Galway City Ireland been so blinded by the car lobby that it is willing to sacrifice the city lungs? Is Galway City Ireland so crass and so cruel as to seriously consider driving a roadway through Terryland Forest Park thus depriving Galwegians of an area of beauty as well as a lung? I suggest that Galway City Ireland bring imagination and conservations interests to bear on the matter. People need a way to get from A to B and the way forward is certainly not served by pandering to the private car lobby. I am an Galwegian who passionately loves every stick and stone of her beloved city and its environs. Do not shame a beloved city by a wanton destruction of Terryland Forest Park. Yours very sincerely Mary Gilroy Johnson
Does Galway City Ireland not realise that the day of the private car is numbered? Petrol and diesel are rising rapidly in cost. Ethanol is not an efficient fuel for the car engine. Ethanol farming is pushing out tillage in the bread baskets of the world. Has Galway City Ireland been so blinded by the car lobby that it is willing to sacrifice the city lungs? Is Galway City Ireland so crass and so cruel as to seriously consider driving a roadway through Terryland Forest Park thus depriving Galwegians of an area of beauty as well as a lung? I suggest that Galway City Ireland bring imagination and conservations interests to bear on the matter. People need a way to get from A to B and the way forward is certainly not served by pandering to the private car lobby. I am an Galwegian who passionately loves every stick and stone of her beloved city and its environs. Do not shame a beloved city by a wanton destruction of Terryland Forest Park. Yours very sincerely Mary Gilroy Johnson
# 199:
8:40 am PDT, Apr 23,
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh, Ireland
Dont ruin the few green area's left in the city
Dont ruin the few green area's left in the city
# 198:
7:18 am PDT, Apr 23,
Berna Purcell, United Kingdom
# 197:
3:54 am PDT, Apr 23,
Ron Lopert, New Zealand
The way to future-proof a city is not to build more roads. As fossil fuels become increasingly expensive and scarce (it IS a limited finite resource) as we hit "Peak Oil" point, less and less people will be choosing cars as a form of transport and more and more people will choose walking, bicycles, public transport. DO NOT build more roads. Anticipate and plan ahead. Release yourselves from outmoded ways of thinking and embrace the changes that will transform our lives in the future. Keep your green areas.
The way to future-proof a city is not to build more roads. As fossil fuels become increasingly expensive and scarce (it IS a limited finite resource) as we hit "Peak Oil" point, less and less people will be choosing cars as a form of transport and more and more people will choose walking, bicycles, public transport. DO NOT build more roads. Anticipate and plan ahead. Release yourselves from outmoded ways of thinking and embrace the changes that will transform our lives in the future. Keep your green areas.
# 196:
8:16 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Patti H., Ohio
# 195:
4:04 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Maria Fernandez, Spain
# 194:
3:24 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Derek Nolan, Ireland
To betray the efforts and hard work of the community and leaders of this project would be detrimental to the quality of life, both ecological and healthwise in our city. Equally, it would further undermine public participation in the community, and public confidence in the word, promises and intentions of our city council.
To betray the efforts and hard work of the community and leaders of this project would be detrimental to the quality of life, both ecological and healthwise in our city. Equally, it would further undermine public participation in the community, and public confidence in the word, promises and intentions of our city council.
# 193:
11:17 am PDT, Apr 21,
Dominik Zurawski, United Kingdom
# 192:
5:53 pm PDT, Apr 20,
Lin Teachenor, Washington
Please don't ruin the beauty of your beautiful country!!
Please don't ruin the beauty of your beautiful country!!
# 191:
12:50 pm PDT, Apr 20,
Cynthia Parker, Virginia
# 190:
1:12 am PDT, Apr 20,
Ethel Brumley, Alabama
# 189:
1:11 am PDT, Apr 20,
Nikol Keeton, Alabama
# 188:
1:10 am PDT, Apr 20,
Donald White, Alabama
# 187:
1:09 am PDT, Apr 20,
Freda White, Alabama
# 186:
8:35 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Kim Berry, Wisconsin
Iv'e been to Ireland it's a BEAUTIFUL country,but it really needs to keep the trees that have been planted since we all need trees to help us and our Mother Earth to breathe...so please don't take down the trees! No Road Thru Urban Forest!
Iv'e been to Ireland it's a BEAUTIFUL country,but it really needs to keep the trees that have been planted since we all need trees to help us and our Mother Earth to breathe...so please don't take down the trees! No Road Thru Urban Forest!
# 185:
7:46 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Heather Gregory, North Carolina
# 184:
12:04 am PDT, Apr 19,
Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
# 183:
9:26 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Angela Stafford, Pennsylvania
# 182:
7:55 am PDT, Apr 17,
Leslie Postin, Illinois
# 181:
10:24 am PDT, Apr 16,
Em Doe, Massachusetts
# 180:
5:15 am PDT, Apr 16,
Zoe Stiles, Ireland
This beautiful park must be protected for us and for future generations Why is so little importance placed on green and natural environments? With so many of our green spaces, parks and old trees being lost to development our living environment is becoming ever more a concreate jungle full of harsh shapes, neon lights,traffic, noise and frenetic energy which is leading to us becoming over stimulated and and in a constant low level stressed state. The long term damage of living in this type of environment with no or few natural environments to escape to will be seen in increased levels of physical and mental ill health.Peoples interactions with Parks,Gardens and Natural Environments within easy access or within cities, health institutions and workplaces have been the subject of much study in the last ten years and research suggests that Human beings have an innate connection to these type of environments and indeed suffer if such environments are not accessible.Gardeners know well the health benifits of access to garden/park environments which can be seen in lowered blood pressure and reduced stress levels, Feelings of Peace, Quietness and Happiness, Plants and Plant dominated spaces enable us to switch off from some of our problems if only for ten minutes so having a restorative effect which improves our normal coping abilities. Parks and Gardens also offer us a chance to come into contact with nature, to be Fascinated, to become orientated to time, place, all of which can be lost if your workplace has no or few windows and you work indoors as most of us do for most of the year. What more can I say but good luck and I will be passing this petition on to as many people as I can Good Luck
This beautiful park must be protected for us and for future generations Why is so little importance placed on green and natural environments? With so many of our green spaces, parks and old trees being lost to development our living environment is becoming ever more a concreate jungle full of harsh shapes, neon lights,traffic, noise and frenetic energy which is leading to us becoming over stimulated and and in a constant low level stressed state. The long term damage of living in this type of environment with no or few natural environments to escape to will be seen in increased levels of physical and mental ill health.Peoples interactions with Parks,Gardens and Natural Environments within easy access or within cities, health institutions and workplaces have been the subject of much study in the last ten years and research suggests that Human beings have an innate connection to these type of environments and indeed suffer if such environments are not accessible.Gardeners know well the health benifits of access to garden/park environments which can be seen in lowered blood pressure and reduced stress levels, Feelings of Peace, Quietness and Happiness, Plants and Plant dominated spaces enable us to switch off from some of our problems if only for ten minutes so having a restorative effect which improves our normal coping abilities. Parks and Gardens also offer us a chance to come into contact with nature, to be Fascinated, to become orientated to time, place, all of which can be lost if your workplace has no or few windows and you work indoors as most of us do for most of the year. What more can I say but good luck and I will be passing this petition on to as many people as I can Good Luck
# 179:
11:44 pm PDT, Apr 15,
JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
KEEP THE FOREST !!
KEEP THE FOREST !!
# 178:
11:17 am PDT, Apr 15,
Sampa Biswas, India
# 177:
3:09 am PDT, Apr 15,
Robert Rands, Georgia
Please help preserve the natural element of our world, for our health. Please try to work out other means to transport people and work on other schemes where travel will not be so far. Especially, as Ireland once was covered in trees, it is such a travesty, tragedy, and sad thought to think it is so lacking now. Good luck and keep working hard!
Please help preserve the natural element of our world, for our health. Please try to work out other means to transport people and work on other schemes where travel will not be so far. Especially, as Ireland once was covered in trees, it is such a travesty, tragedy, and sad thought to think it is so lacking now. Good luck and keep working hard!
# 176:
2:24 am PDT, Apr 15,
Linda S, United Kingdom
# 175:
12:55 am PDT, Apr 15,
Lara Harris, Washington
Keep Ireland green!
Keep Ireland green!
# 174:
8:25 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Manish kumar Rout, India
# 173:
6:47 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Daniel Manahan, California
# 172:
5:26 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Rosa Peyron, Mexico
Keep the nature asit is
Keep the nature asit is
# 171:
1:12 pm PDT, Apr 10,
Vida Roa, Spain
# 170:
7:35 am PDT, Apr 10,
Angela VanCleve, Florida
# 169:
7:16 am PDT, Apr 10,
Elena Pintilie, Canada
# 167:
10:11 am PDT, Apr 9,
Joanna Dulowska, Poland
# 166:
10:00 am PDT, Apr 9,
Debbie Low, Florida
# 165:
8:54 am PDT, Apr 9,
Anne Thompson, United Kingdom
# 164:
3:25 am PDT, Apr 9,
Pam Fioretti, Australia
# 163:
2:46 am PDT, Apr 9,
Dorothy Tanaka, Canada
# 162:
8:58 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Robert Redmon, Ohio
# 161:
8:44 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Grace Penlain, Australia
# 160:
2:22 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Laura Filipas, Romania
# 159:
2:21 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Jay Leavy, Ireland
find an alternative rather than through a green space in the middle of the city
find an alternative rather than through a green space in the middle of the city
# 157:
7:45 am PDT, Apr 8,
Ronan Hennessy, Israel
# 156:
1:13 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Prima Baily, New York
# 155:
10:18 am PDT, Apr 7,
Erin Shelly, New York
# 154:
6:52 am PDT, Apr 7,
Tina L'Heureux, Canada
Those trees are helping our carbon footprints and have to be saved forever long as cars are driven. Make a road how outrageous.
Those trees are helping our carbon footprints and have to be saved forever long as cars are driven. Make a road how outrageous.
# 153:
4:32 am PDT, Apr 7,
Sherri Smith, Maine
# 152:
11:22 pm PDT, Apr 6,
Robyn MacDonald, Australia
To put a roadway through this woodland is to undermine everything that the Community has strived towards. In this time of environmental awarness it's absurd that this is even being considered
To put a roadway through this woodland is to undermine everything that the Community has strived towards. In this time of environmental awarness it's absurd that this is even being considered
# 151:
8:16 pm PDT, Apr 6,
Holly Swint, Florida
