Written answers

Wednesday, 6 December 2006

Department of Transport

Public Transport

9:00 pm

Photo of Jack WallJack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the timescale in each case for the opening up of the park and ride sites promised as part of the Transport 21 announcements and those sites outlined under the Metro west and Metro north and Dunboyne line projects. [41621/06]

Photo of Martin CullenMartin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Funding for park and ride facilities is included under Transport 21, to be provided in the context of rail and Luas/Metro developments, as well as through local authorities. In the case of local authorities, it is a matter for the authorities themselves to prioritise projects and apply for funding.

In relation to new Luas and Metro projects under Transport 21, the planned associated park and ride facilities will open at a time which will coincide with the opening of the project concerned. For instance, Metro North and Metro West are scheduled to be completed in 2012 and 2014 respectively and the planned associated park and ride facilities will open to coincide with those dates.

The planning and design of the Navan Rail Link is a matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance. I understand that the old Navan rail line will be re-opened in two phases with the first phase running off the Maynooth line, at Clonsilla, to the M3 interchange at Pace, near Dunboyne. The major park and ride facility at Pace on the M3 interchange will be included in this phase of the project.

The current position regarding this phase is that detailed design work is underway and Iarnród Éireann expect to submit a Railway Order application in mid 2007 for statutory approval to enable the railway upgrade works to proceed with a view to completion of phase 1 in 2009, as provided for in Transport 21.

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