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50 Years of Dart Underground/Interconnector

  • 12-11-2014 01:51PM
    #1
    ClovenHoof
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭


    In 1973 the Dublin Rail Plan laid out the DART heavy rail line known presently as the Interconnector/DART Underground.

    In 2023 the Half Century of this proposal will have arrived - 50 years of plans. An important milestone only 9 years away.

    I hope the Government makes a real commitment to the project and goes all out and produces a special glossy report document and a high profile launch of glossy brochure at Dublin Castle. Maybe an IRRS special through the Phoenix Park Tunnel too?

    Such a milestone - a rail project delayed FIFTY YEARS, push aside, mothballed and resurrected before elections - cannot be left to go without a massive celebration.

    If plans are made now: it can be a really special glossy brochure!

    How about this for a title. "HALF CENTURY LATER, HALFWAY THERE"?

    or HALFARSED AS USUAL...


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  • #2
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    As Bertie used to say. Alot done but more to do.....


  • #3
    The_Wanderer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭The_Wanderer



    While I do agree wholehearted with you, we're not the only ones who take their time at these projects.



    The Crossrail in London, currently being built, can trace its origins back to 1948!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail#Planning_and_financing


    ClovenHoof wrote: »
    In 1973 the Dublin Rail Plan laid out the DART heavy rail line known presently as the Interconnector/DART Underground.

    In 2023 the Half Century of this proposal will have arrived - 50 years of plans. An important milestone only 9 years away.

    I hope the Government makes a real commitment to the project and goes all out and produces a special glossy report document and a high profile launch of glossy brochure at Dublin Castle. Maybe an IRRS special through the Phoenix Park Tunnel too?

    Such a milestone - a rail project delayed FIFTY YEARS, push aside, mothballed and resurrected before elections - cannot be left to go without a massive celebration.

    If plans are made now: it can be a really special glossy brochure!

    How about this for a title. "HALF CENTURY LATER, HALFWAY THERE"?

    or HALFARSED AS USUAL...


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