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Unread 31-10-2011, 05:21   #20
raveon
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A brand new train station lies idle in a built-up area of west Dublin because developers refuse to build an access road to it! Hansfield station follows Clonsilla on the Dunboyne rail line and could allow thousands of commuters from Ongar, Castaheany and Greater Blanchardstown to get to the city centre in 20 minutes or so, rather than the 1 hour and 20 minutes on the bus. Developers, Manor Park and Mennolly Homes, were to build the access road as part of Phase 2 of the Hansfield SDZ housing development. However, because of the property collapse, developers can’t sell all their existing houses and have stopped building.
An SDZ (Special Development Zone) was a concept devised by Bertie Ahern to fast-track housing during the boom. Socialist Party councillors on Fingal voted against it as the necessary schools, transport and infrastructure were not being put in place for the frenzied development going on in Blanchardstown.
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