Dublin - Metrolink (Swords to Charlemont only)

Its not that he should be side stepping due process, but his lack of support, certainly publicly, for the project doesn't look good. I'd go as far as to say I don't think he believes in it himself.

He should be singing from the roof tops at the prospect of a modern public transport project getting the go ahead during his tenure as minister for transport.

Mad that we can be 2 years from construction start on a project announced 4 years ago.

Metrolink aside, we cannot function as a country if major projects can't be planned in reasonable time. Something really needs to change going forward.

Thanks for posting those. There is a lot of detail there.

I want to apologize in advance for this because it has probably been discussed to death but I thought the tunnel was stopping north of Beechwood to allow for a future connection to the upgraded green line there. I knew that Charlemont was the last stop but I didn't realize the tunnel was ending just south of the turnback.

Surely the arrangement as shown means the green line will never be connected as a new TBM will be needed for the c. 1 km of tunnel.

Again apologies because I am sure this is covered here already.

This f*cking guy

https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1501213063000821771

It just goes to show you that if they're any other local politicians out there asking for more changes to be put forward by their own constituents that will attempt to delay this project all over again. It just shows that there will be no attempts to bound any form of stupidity when it comes to building infrastructure projects in this state.

Thankfully though; Eamon Ryan wants to get this project through to the planning system asap because he really do not want to see this project getting delayed in the eyes of the public all over again.

Obviously Metrolink has yet to have its business case accepted but it would be great if this was actually the case. ABP will definately have their hands full over the next few years with the amount of infrastructure projects in progress!

Should we factor in a half-month delay for every other step of the project as well? Where would that leave us with completion dates?

The reservation from Blanchardstown Centre down to the railway line is still in place.

Lacey knows what areas vote for him and is willing to pander to those against the policies of his own party.

The problem is the closer you are to the city Center the less public transport affects you, so people that live near charlemont are much likelier to just walk to work than those further out, they also already have a luas if they need it. These people are happy with what they have and don’t want it disturbed and councillors like him don’t give a toss about anything beyond getting the votes in so will pander to any aul nonsense.

Would they rather the NTA not arrange prepatory works to be done for the station, so that these brand new buildings would instead have to be knocked down in a few years time so that a station can be built???

And they would 100% complain at that fact if that was the case in a few years time as well!

On the flipside, the authorities should listen to their concerns and how projects intergrate with their communities but the balance seems to be weighted on their often overhyped concerns.

I have no idea why enabling works are a problem as a way to prepare for a major infrastructure project like this one.

If these residents associations are complaining that works are being carried out to prevent demolition of an existing building so it can include a metrolink station in Charlemont; what is the major issue here with getting on that part of the project while it will prevent more major costly mistakes later on during construction of this major piece of infrastructure.

To my knowledge; if these residents associations from the Charlemont area are making complaints on why these projects have to include enabling works to be built on the former INBS building even if they don't want it just tells me what they want. It's just them taking part in dithering & pure knit-picking just for the sake of boosting their ignorance on these matters.

The way they went to court over this matter just highlights that ignorance taking hold on a certain number of people who live in the area. They then have the gumption to go on and complain that the transport infrastructure within the capital is not running to their required standard.

It's the unknown work of the hypocrite at hand while the rest of society get to struggle on right alongside them.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it was a full station box that they built at the hospital. That said, it still mystifies me that they would change the alignment north of the city centre, given the previous MN route had been fully scoped and money spent on it - money that is now wasted. There was no reason for the change of route to be honest.