Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the latest draft of the Limerick Shannon metropolitan area transport strategy, phase 2 of the northern distributor road is not included. The National Transport Authority was before the transport committee recently and stated that it would be in the revised draft. It has now informed us that it is not in the revised draft because of a direct intervention from the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who wrote to the NTA and directed it not to include it. Is that correct? The northern distributor road, phase 2, is very important. Phase 1 is from Coonagh to Knockalisheen. We had that debate and thankfully it is proceeding. Why did the Minister make that intervention? Phase 2 of the northern distributor road is very important. Even the national development plan states that local authorities can bring forward important road infrastructure projects to deal with particular safety and access issues. That is what phase 2 of the northern distributor road is doing.

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