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Roads budget with the new gov

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Consonata


    Sure if you want to ignore all the difficulties that this government has faced in virtually each capital investment department when it has come to planning law, then yes the government has been doing nothing :eyeroll:

    This is made more grim by the fact that I know you know this, you are clearly a person who is quite invested in infrastructure in this country, but your hobby horse is roads and are happy to lean into misrepresentation to grind an axe.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    I have no axe to grind. I have presented information on several road schemes and why they have been delayed during the last Government. My personal opinion on Eamon Ryan has been quite consistent also. I was optimistic when he was appointed that he would try to make progress in many areas that needed advancement (big ticket PT projects, offshore wind, interconnectors etc), but instead he was rather ineffective because a) he took on too much (transport, energy, climate and communications is too much for one Minister especially when responding to crises such as the 2022 energy shock) and b) he spent more time getting drawn into quagmires and needless political debates about items of a personal grievance (roads projects, the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, the LNG terminal at Shannon etc). IMO he would have a better legacy if he left that stuff alone and focused on positive progress on renewable energy, Metros etc. Despite his best efforts, there is apparently extra focus on road project advancement and the immediate lifting of the Dublin Airport cap by the new Coalition, and it wouldn't be remotely surprising to see Shannon LNG advance to placate the new administration in the US.

    Most of the roads projects that Eamon Ryan was alleged to have intervened in are in the pre planning stage. Projects at the planning submission, or beyond that stage were not impacted. I have repeatedly stated this, especially in the M20 thread where posters repeatedly slated the Minister despite there being no evidence whatsoever that he slowed the M20 project in any way.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Now that a new Minister is in place, it'll be interesting to see how long the TII allocations take to come out this year.

    They were released in late December/early Jan until the 2022 allocations which were published on 17/12/2021.

    They were delayed until February in 2023 and 2024 presumably due to the shenanigans involved for those 2 years.

    (Also: Business case for the M28 was submitted to DoT on 20/12. M28 contract award should be shortly)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    Cars are being decarbonised by becoming electric.

    Remember in 5 years time you won't be able to buy a petrol or diesel car.

    Those cars, buses and trucks will need some form of road to operate on.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,819 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    So many projects need attention and are so far behind where they should be- the N4 between Mullingar and Dromod (while a decent road in many parts- is way over capacity the amount of HGVs on this road always surprises me), the western half of the N24, the N/M20, the N17 northern section, N4 Carrick on Shannon scheme, all the Donegal schemes , N2 and N3 schemes, N21 bypass schemes etc plus many national secondary schemes



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭No_Hope_Club


    Are you sure about the 5 year timescale? EU regulations refer to no ban before 2035.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭KrisW1001


    They’re wrong. It’s 2035.

    New passenger cars sold after 2035 date must emit 0% of current CO2 emissions.

    Buses and trucks are under different rules: After 2040, new buses and HGVs must emit less than 10% of current CO2 emissions. They get a lighter limit because they’re much heavier, there’s far fewer of them, they’re essential for commerce (trucks), or can replace multiple passenger cars (buses).



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/df86e-ministers-announce-713-million-for-regional-and-local-roads/

    Regional and local roads allocations for 2025.

    Hopefully national roads allocations not far behind.



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