Dáil debates
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Light Rail Projects
11:50 am
Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Residents across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, not just in the Bray area, want to see delivery on public transport improvements. I note what the Minister has said about BusConnects and DART+, which is very welcome. However, development is currently taking place in areas such as Cabinteely, Carrickmines, Cherrywood and Old Conna, to name but a few. I estimate some 50,000 people will be living and working in that area over the next few years. Development plans were agreed on the basis that public transport would be upgraded, along with the extension to the green line. There were three preferred routes back in 2006 and any delays to projects such as the Luas link to Bray or the construction of the new Woodbrook DART station, on which I have another question today, would put serious pressure on the road network. Something needs to happen.
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