Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have cycled the hill and Mount Anville Road and it is a tricky enough road to cycle, particularly with trucks on it. There is huge scope there for bus connection. As we know, UCD is an enormous trip generator with 17,000 or 18,000 students and 5,000 or 6,000 staff. RTÉ is another big trip generator, as is St. Vincent’s Hospital. There is also the question of connecting the DART to the Luas and not half enough of that is available. There would be huge benefits to that so I urge the Minister to make sure the corridor is protected because once it is built on it can never be gotten back, as the Minister knows. It happened in Dundrum where apartment blocks were built. Things cannot be built there because once they are built they are built and once the line is gone it is gone. I ask the Minister to answer the points on the road projects on page 64 of the NDP.