Seanad debates

Thursday, 14 November 2002

Rail Services and Related Transport Matters: Statements.

 

With regard to the commuter rail network for Dublin, it is essential that the Minister should review the Dublin Transport Office's proposals for the years 2011 and 2015, which were developed during grandiose times with plenty of money in the kitty. Those plans will now have to be abandoned because we know the money no longer exists. However, we should look at short-term measures. For example, there is a plan to extend the suburban network to Navan, but not until the year 2015. We could extend it as far as Dunboyne or Clonee within three to five years. There is no land take necessary. The line was in existence until 1953 and, with some short-term initiatives, we could see major progress. If those short-term initiatives were carried out, they would not militate against the long-term proposals of the DTO for the development of Dublin.

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