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THE FIRST ROUND of public consultation has begun to extend the Dart line from Heuston to Hazelhatch.
It is planned that the Dart+ South West project will deliver an improved electrified network, with increased passenger capacity and enhanced train performance between Hazelhatch and Celbridge and Heuston, and the Glasnevin/Docklands area via the Phoenix Park Tunnel.
The project is expected to:
The project is being funded by the National Transport Authority and the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency.
The first phase of public consultation is now live. It is designed to present the emerging preferring option for provision of Dart+ South West to communities and stakeholders along the route.
People can review the full details of the project here. A dedicated phone line, email address and online feedback form are all available on the website.
Due to current public health restrictions, in-person consultation is currently not permitted.
A series of webinars for communities along the route will commence next week.
Once this consultation is completed, all submissions will be considered by the project design team and these will be used to inform the subsequent design development.
A second round of public consultations will take place once this design work is complete.
This will be followed by more detailed design work before the lodging of a railway order application to An Bord Pleanála. A statutory consultation period will take place after this and it’s expected that An Bord Pleanála will hold an oral hearing on the application, which will be open to all members of the public.
“We want to encourage more people to make the switch to public transport by making it faster, more frequent and more accessible,” Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said.
“The Dart+ South West project is critical to our overall plans for Dublin and the surrounding counties. I encourage everyone to take the time to engage in this consultation process and feedback your views on how we can create a rail service that serves the needs of all its users,” Ryan said.
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Half ten on a Sunday night, and I just did that “Quiz”. Ive just realised I might need to reevaluate how I spend my time……:(
@Gordon Larney: yeah you should have waited til twelve.
@Gordon Larney: ‘Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go/I wanna be sedated/Nothing to do, nowhere to go-o-oh/I wanna be sedated…’
@Gordon Larney: It’s too late now for eleventh hour decisions
@Larry Betts: Or twenty-third hour decisions on a twenty four hour clock…
@Gordon Larney: 03:18
@Gordon Larney: Can’t win them all. I only got six right.
Anyone remember the Puma helicopter? Comments closed on Cov.
What about Iron Maiden’s “Two Minutes To Midnight”? Do metaphorical references count?
@Ken Loughman:
Ice-T’s “Midnight” is still a banging tune too (nsfw)
@Ixtrix Net: Indeed it is. I thought that they should have included the Doomsday Clock “midnight” as well.
@Ixtrix Net: Apologies – I thought that you were referring to the Iron Maiden song. I haven’t heard Ice-T’s song :)
@Ken Loughman:
I love the Iron Maiden from back then, though were a lot less heavy than my usual metal, they had great tunes. For some reason ’2 minutes to’ reminds me of Beastie Boys – Sabotage intro
Meatloaf-
midnight in the lost and found, dead souls in the hunting ground.
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