[Article] Landowners might fund town rail links

Victor

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Landowners might fund town rail links
From:The Irish Independent
Wednesday, 9th August, 2006

LANDOWNERS will be asked to help pay for rail links and essential infrastructure for a new town.

Property speculators in west Dublin will be asked to part-fund the provision of transport links as part of the development of a 170-hectare new town south of Lucan in Balgaddy and Clonburris.

Earlier this week Environment Minister Dick Roche designated the area as a strategic development zone (SDZ) which will see construction of 7-8,000 new homes, a town centre, offices and shops over the next 15 years.

Among the companies believed to hold large tracts of land in the area are Treasury Holdings and Dunloe Ewart while South Dublin County Council, which proposed the scheme, also owns a number of sites.

The council are already developing a new town in nearby Adamstown, and developers involved in this scheme have helped pay for infrastructure.

Council officials have begun working on a detailed plan for the 170-hectare site, which must be completed within two years.

The council expects to put plans out for public consultation well before the July 2008 deadline.

Winters

'Victor', do you know who the jouno that wrote that article is please?

Winters

I found a hard copy, no attributed journo. Thanks anyway.