#VOR – Galway Harbour Master Brian Sheridan has issued a marine notice about a temporary pedestrian walkway to be placed over the River Corrib as part of the preparations for Galway's finale of the Volvo Ocean Race 2012.
The pedestrian walkway will be fixed at the Fishmarket Square and at the Canal Basin.
Works commenced on Saturday 16th June and are expected to be completed on 29th June 2012.
The pedestrian walkways will be removed after the event, commencing the week of July 9th 2012. See attached drawing.
Mariners are advised to proceed with extreme caution when navigating in the vicinity of the mouth of the river and are not permitted to navigate upstream of the Canal Basin lock gate. See Exclusion Zone on drawing and the full notice attached here as word document download.
