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However from a macro economic perpective, both MN and Interconnector should provide a jobs boost for 5-7 years. Once again, if it is an either/or, the Interconnector must take priority. Quote:
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I'm not sure about this (no doubt there will be individual cases) - developer levies are only due when development is proceeding. If a developer has planning permission for 1,000 houses, but only builds 100, he only has to pay for 100 now.
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As for Kenny, his opinion is no different to FF's on it, so it shouldn't be an election issue. I can't see it going ahead unless it's built privately.
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I think a salient question arising from Mark's post is WHY the interconnector is behind Metro North in staging, and who is responsible for it falling behind? Is it because the IC office was starved of engineering support due to the construction of a certain Weshtern line?
As for ridership, it's easy to provide ridership to Metro - end "An Lar" by reducing bus licences into the city centre - especially off peak - along that corridor and issuing new ones for feeder routes. |
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Interesting article from Eamon Quinn in today's Tribune about an attempt to get the European Investment bank to stump up the readies for the capital projects thus alleviating the pressure on the government books and hence the 9.5% deficit we said we'd run this year.
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Hank Fogarty of SIAC and Tom Parlon's CIF (weird feeling when you are on the same side as Tom Parlon) was on Morning Ireland talking about the metro.
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Frank Allen (RPA) and Dr. Sean Barrett discuss the pros and cons of the metro on Pat Kenny:
http://www.rte.ie/business/2009/0319/metro.html |
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Prime time on about the rail projects in T21 after the news.
Expect lots of hyperbole and little in the way of facts. EDIT: Should have guessed Sean Barrett would be on. Last edited by Mark Hennessy : 24-03-2009 at 21:53. |
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That guy from ESRI on prime time said the westeren rail corridor should be suspended. I wonder... only time will tell.
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That guy from the ESRI is Edgar Morgenroth, who has done a lot of good work on infrastructure. What he said about the major roads programme was interesting: priority should be given to completing the major inter-city motorway schemes as the final pieces should have a good ratio of benefit to cost: i.e. they deliiver connectivity and network economies to all the existing bits.
The same argument can be applied to rail and should be used to prioritise the interconnector: it delivers huge connectivity and enhances the utility of existing lines and ensures that the Kildare Rooute Project delivers its full potential. By comparison Metro North is a poor second, in my opinion. Where else in the world does a Metro get built (not just extended) primarily to serve an airport? |
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Its only something in the region of 20-25% of traffic will be generated by the airport
Total passenger numbers will be somewhere in the region of 35 million
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More transport options for a greater number of the capital's population, sounds like a win win. |
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I would be intrigued to know how many new trips the two new projects would create.
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Don't forget that apart from isolated metro trips, it should also boost demand for the existing Luas and Dart lines as the network grows as well as reducing the need for DB to cover some areas as intensively which would free up buses for feeder and local services.
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from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...breaking51.htm (fair usage snippet)
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I was there although it was this morning not yesterday? Lots of optimistic talk for once.
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