Seanad debates

Wednesday, 11 June 2003

Dublin Traffic Congestion: Motion.

 

The fact that an all-encompassing and organised system needs to be put in place to create order from chaos is what brings us here this evening to discuss Senator Morrissey's motion. The concept of order implies a totality, an overview and an effort to co-ordinate initiatives so that the traffic problem in Dublin can be addressed. The transport system allows the economy to work, for better or for worse in terms of traffic problems, and without it our economic viability would be at risk. As it stands, transport inefficiencies reduce the attractiveness of our capital city as a location for industry, commerce and tourism. More than €3 billion a year is lost to the Irish economy as a result of Government inaction and bad management of the transport infrastructure. Since last year's general election and budget, several transport infrastructure projects, such as bypasses to eliminate bottlenecks—

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