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10-11-2011, 12:38 | #1 |
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DART underground and Metro North Finally Hit The Buffers
Worst kept secret in Dublin over the last 2 years.
Metro North cancelled DART underground cancelled Luas BxD to go ahead Some reference to Rail Safety Program but as usual no detail
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So is the route the one below? Given that the Grangegorman campus isn't going ahead, the usefulness of the line should be questioned.
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10-11-2011, 12:52 | #3 |
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DIT campus is not going ahead either
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Plus M3 Parkway - Navan North indefinitely deferred according to radio report just heard (this admittedly was predictable but now it's no longer hearsay and is confirmed in black and white).
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I'm fine with D going ahead - having another depot adds more stabling/dispatching flexibility with respect to A/C. The security required to build and operate the depot might cut down the messing at IE Broombridge too.
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WRC ditto.
In the end, after all the "consultation" and consideration, it boiled down to whcih project had the smallest cheque. On any consideration, Luas BDX comes third in terms of benifts to the city the country and the economy, and with DIT not going ahead either, it actually should be dumped (if you follow government logic). Incidentally, today also calls into doubt the location of the national childrens hospital, as it was supposed to be served by a metro north stop. |
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Speech by Minister Howlin – Infrastructure & Capital Investment 2012-16 http://per.gov.ie/2011/11/10/speech-...tment-2012-16/
'Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-16' http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads...t-2012-161.pdf It need to be an actual security presence - any presence creates passive surveillance that will reduce anti-social behaviour from someone saying "Oi! Stop that." to someone phoning the Garda to the ne'erdowells thinking "If I try something there I'll get caught". It also deprives them of a safe(!) place.
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Is the line speed improvments project funded under this plan?
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10-11-2011, 15:51 | #9 |
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We don't know since the sheet of paper we have is so vague as to be probably better used to build a paper airplane, that at least has a chance of going some distance
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As for DIT I see they are still proposing to proceed if they can get private money to build initial phases at a slower rate: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...reaking45.html Sounds pretty much how UL got things done in the bad old days... trouble is the NUI colleges don't think putting the hand out for cash is grubby these days so DIT has a much more crowded field of competing institutions for a shrinking pool of rich Americans. |
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http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.ph...ojects/?cat=12
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"funding will be provided for four new railway stations on existing lines, including two in the west of Ireland" - Oranmore and Crusheen?
This is the economic powerhouse that is Crusheen (Garda station, GAA club, school, church not it view): http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Crushee...3.6 6,,0,1.69
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Oranmore, Crusheen, Kishogue and Hansfield are the lucky four...
http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads...nt-2012-16.pdf Of course calling Hansfield a new station is a bit fscking cheeky... |
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Anyone notice that construction on the luas link-up will not start until during or after the next election?
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Before announcement
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakin...#ixzz1dNPrp8xB
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After announcement
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...307371915.html
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