Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 November 2003

National Development Plan Mid-Term Evaluation: Statements.

 

The uncertainty about the motorway is unfair to those affected by it. In Paulstown, the motorway goes through the middle of a dairy farmer's land but he has accepted this. If people know what is to happen, they can plan ahead. It is not satisfactory that the Minister is fast-tracking some projects at the expense of others. Projects should not be scrapped but we should realise that certain sections of the road network are better than others. We must learn from the mistakes of the past where we built and improved parts of some roads, leaving the rest like a narrow funnel afterwards. We must prioritise building the bad sections of the road network as mini sections to be joined up to the network at a later date as proper motorway standard dual carriageways. The Minister should consider this.

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