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IKEA offers to fund speedier roadworks on M50

RadarControl · 2007-06-14 10:07:35

The Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has reportedly offered to pay the cost of speeding up roadworks on the M50 motorway in Dublin. Yesterday, An Bord Pleanála approved the company's plans for a massive 30,000 square metre outlet in Ballymun, but said the store could not open until works on the nearby M50 interchange are…

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#32 23-06-2007 6:08pm
parsi

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Saruman wrote:

What is so special about IKEA that it warrants such.. well publicity about doom and gloom and traffic congestion??
I mean every time a big chain store or mall opens anywhere its traffic chaos for about a week, possibly two and then no problems at all.
I remember when B&Q first opened in Liffey Valley and it was hell for about a week and then nothing.

I think the planners should be applauded for thinking a bit about the effects of congestion. Better planning would ease the heavy congestion that bedevils Blanch and Liffey Valley. Better planning would have eased the congestion that bedevils Mahon Point on Saturdays and Sundays.

Ikea stores do attract traffic. Certainly the one we visited a few times in Nantes had mad busy carparks (and a tram stop which was handy to use after the shopping) and this was midweek.

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