The new Dublin MetroLink is back in the news. Or should it be called the old Dublin MetroLink? It’s been in the news now for a number of decades.
The latest estimated cost o the project is €9.5bn, though Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that an extreme cat scenario would see costs rise to €23 billion.
What’s going to cost an additional €13.5bn? Surely that has to be a matter of 'throwing figures around’?
In the meantime why does the State ask Irish Rail to build a spur from the DART/Belfast rail line to Dublin Airport? At a much reduced cost and done in a fraction of the time passengers from all over Ireland would have a rail link to Dublin Airport.
Similarly in Kerry, Irish Rail should have build a spur from Farranfore to Kerry Airport and over the years develop a high speed track from Mallow to Tralee.
Why go for such highfalutin projects when far more simple solutions are staring us in the face.
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