Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport
Mr. Kenneth Spratt:
I will ask my colleague, Mr. Doocey, to cover the green line Luas. Over the next ten years we will have €35 billion to spend in capital investment. That will work out at approximately €13 billion in protection and renewal, €4 billion in active travel, €12 billion in public transport and €6 billion in roads infrastructure. We looked for significantly more than that when we put in our pitch to the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance for the national development plan. We have been given €35 billion over the next ten years and we have a significant amount to do across all modes of transport with that money. There will therefore, be a level of prioritisation and scheduling of the projects we have to do. As for the mega projects we have to do, we are focusing in on MetroLink, BusConnects and DART+. There is some work to be done on light rail and the Luas as well.
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