L1011 wrote: » Pretending not to remember what happened the last countless times you went around in circles doesn't wash.
L1011 wrote: » Your arguments have been destroyed every time. Your invented figures range from tripling the claimed reduction in distance and pulling figures out of thin air for tunneling costs
Grandeeod wrote: » Once again I will emphasise that I referred to the boom years. Varadker and Donohue don't count. Dukes was only in the roll temporarily. Brennan was from Galway and served twice as transport minister. Dempsey was reared in Meath long before it was considered a suburb of Dublin. As for all this living in Dublin and going to College thing, it means nothing. They grew up in rural, car dependent Ireland. Nothing slanted about what I have said.
murphaph wrote: » Infrastructure should be apolitical but it isn't. It can't be, because it costs money that means things that are obviously political (pensions, social welfare etc.) receive less if infrastructure receives more.
The Irish Independent understands that Irish Rail CEO David Franks was also called to Government Buildings this week to brief TDs on the possibility of extending the Western Rail Corridor which runs from Ennis to Athenry.
MJohnston wrote: » Regarding Independents influencing Infrastructure spending:http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/how-micheal-martin-won-the-sweetest-deal-in-fianna-fail-history-34686721.html -_-
Carawaystick wrote: » Is that to connect Ennis to Limerick all year round?;)
Sam Russell wrote: » I think it would be to elevate the bit that is under water because it inconveniences both passengers using the service when the line is closed due to floods.
cgcsb wrote: » How could we possibly be talking about a rail route to Tuam with a government that wouldn't spend a small amount preserving the DART underground planning?
marno21 wrote: » Surely a motorway to Tuam is sufficient?
Pete_Cavan wrote: » They should have a bus service to connect with trains in Athenry if getting a train is so important. There is unlikely to be capacity on the single track between Athenry and Galway for any meaningful level of service between Tuam and Galway so it would probably have to be a shuttle anyway.
I see investigation work is ongoing for what will be Ireland's largest bridge carrying a new 4 lane motorway bypassing the bustling metropolis of New Ross and it's existing inner relief road. Funny that they recently closed a parallel railway route due to lack of use.
tharlear wrote: » How many times does the concept of a national motorway system need to be explained. The m50 and commuter motorways such as the M2 and M3 do not constitute a national motorway system
cgcsb wrote: » You would think after the nearly billion quid went into the Gort-Tuam motorway, which will never come close to it's design capacity. Tuam ain't doing too bad if it also gets fixed rail services, population 8,000. Either every man woman and child will be using the motorway and railway hourly for 18 hours a day or there are some very powerful politicians up there. Meanwhile work continues on linking Dublin's 2 light rail lines so that the metropolitan area's 2 million residence may come slightly closer to something resembling an integrated public transport system. Dart Underground and electrification of the Maynooth and Hazelhatch lines will soon be celebrating their 50th year in planning. In Cork we've yet to see a design for the proposed BRT system, downgraded from luas for 'cost' reasons. The C word obviously only carries meaning inside the M50 and N40, otherwise money is no object. I see investigation work is ongoing for what will be Ireland's largest bridge carrying a new 4 lane motorway bypassing the bustling metropolis of New Ross and it's existing inner relief road. Funny that they recently closed a parallel railway route due to lack of use. /rant
murphaph wrote: » Time for Dublin and Cork to push for their own directly elected mayor with executive powers including tax raising and spending. Only then will the lunacy end.
Charles Babbage wrote: » No, that will not end the lunacy, just distribute it differently. What is needed is assessment and planning, but many here only agree with that when it suits their particular agenda.
Grandeeod wrote: » In all fairness, the current political set up just doesn't lend itself to the sense you are talking. Today we had the formation of a Government that wasn't actually in the national interest, but in the interest of utter political BS gameplaying.
Reuben1210 wrote: » On that point, anyone know Shane Ross's thoughts on PT, and more specifically on the DU and metro north plans?
cgcsb wrote: » New Ross and it's existing inner relief road
L1011 wrote: » Totally non-functional inner relief road. Most 1980s "bypasses" were below standard on the day they opened. Letterkenny, Carrick-on-Shannon, Galway, New Ross, etc, etc.
