Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
BusConnects: Discussion
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
We got a good many submissions. I do not have an exact number. We dealt with 30,000 submissions overall. I do not have all the numbers here. It is fair to say it was one of the key areas of concern that was raised in the pre-design stage. However, some of those submissions told us that we need at least a commuter peak service. Not all submissions suggested having an all-day service. Many of them recognised that there is a very poor connection at Blanchardstown town centre at the moment. It is literally an hourly connection and yet that is only 2 km or 3 km down the road. That is the thinking that went into what we proposed. Considerable thought went into this. If it needs further amendment, we will listen to the submissions and see what it is.
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