Motorway spurs race for Tuam drive-thrus

WITH just 18 months to go before the opening of the new M17 motorway and Tuam Bypass there are now plans for three separate drive-thru developments on Tuam’s outskirts – all within a few hundred yards of each other.
Thousands of motorists will travel the route each day and this has attracted developers eager to capitalise on the new routes.
A large roundabout yet to be built on the Galway Road will join the town bypass with the new M17 motorway to Gort and towards Shannon as well as Galway.
The three drive-thru projects are earmarked for sites that are all very close to each other on the Galway Road – Steeltech, Brogan’s Tractors and the MG Business Park.

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