Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Review of the Capital Plan: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

2:00 pm

Mr. Peter Walsh:

Public transport policy falls under the remit of the NTA. That is why Mr. Nolan did not stray into that area. We will deliver the projects as mandated to us by the NTA. The Luas cross-city project is currently being progressed on the ground. The new metro north project is in planning. One of the other projects we hope to start this year is the extension of the Luas to Lucan, which is part of the greater Dublin area transport strategy. We are suggesting that we should look at the possibility of further extending the green line to Finglas. I will mention another area that might be of interest. As a result of the adoption of the Galway transport strategy, we have been asked to take on the requirement for bus routes in the western part of the city. We will be starting into that this year as well.

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