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Brussels proposing €2.5 trillion overhaul of transport network

  • 22-03-2011 5:37pm
    #1
    CIE
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    See EUobserver article.

    Highlights, which are centred around "carbon pollution":
    • A large emphasis on shifting transport from road to rail.
    • Proposal for an extra surcharge in motor vehicle prices, to mitigate (as they say) the "social costs of congestion, CO2 - if not included in fuel tax - local pollution, noise and accidents."
    • Phasing in an infrastructure tax on heavy-duty vehicles.
    • Phasing out subsidies for passenger air travel tickets and replacing them with ticket surcharges for "noise and air pollution externalities". Not clear if they'll do the same to bus, rail and maritime passenger tickets.
    • Overhauling security measures in response to recent terror threats. (Always great to close the barn door after the horses have escaped, yes?)
    • And of course, the eventual "weaning off fossil fuels", as though that were possible.


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  • #2
    T Corolla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭T Corolla


    Good luck tacking CIE. With the country currently export led and a bigger presence of lorries on the roads (IMO) they has not been an increase in the freight level been carried by train. The line from Sligo to Dublin is not used from 10pm seven night a week until 5am. I think it is time for some political pressure to be placed on CIE to invite private contractors onto the railways at competitive rates to produce goods to get more people back to work and boost other sectors of economy in return.


  • #3
    CIE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭CIE


    T Corolla wrote: »
    Good luck tacking CIE. With the country currently export led and a bigger presence of lorries on the roads (IMO) they has not been an increase in the freight level been carried by train. The line from Sligo to Dublin is not used from 10pm seven night a week until 5am. I think it is time for some political pressure to be placed on CIE to invite private contractors onto the railways at competitive rates to produce goods to get more people back to work and boost other sectors of economy in return.
    Just wait until Brussels votes themselves taxation power. Suddenly there will be a scramble for this new transport regime. If people think Brussels was bullying Ireland over accepting bailouts, that was just the beginning.


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