Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority and the relevant local authorities. I understand from the authority that a study of an eastern bypass of Dublin city, which was conducted in 2002, indicated that the cost, based on this preliminary analysis, would be at least €1.4 billion in January 2002 prices. The estimate was qualified as being an initial estimate — broad assumptions were made about land costs. It specifically excluded the cost of necessary special environmental protection measures, the cost consequences of the EU tunnel directive and the costs of the constraints on construction efficiency due to residential proximity and traffic management needs.