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TRANSPORT MINISTER LEO Varadkar announced today that work will start on the new Luas BXD line next year after Cabinet discussed the project’s updated business plan today.
Minister Varadkar will now ask the National Transport Authority (NTA) and the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to prepare for work to start in May 2013.
“This is an important step for the Luas BXD project, which will link up the existing Luas lines and give Dublin an integrated commuter rail network for the first time,” he said.
“The two Luas lines should have been joined up years ago. It’s a privilege for me as Minister for Transport to be able to finish the job.”
Varadkar informed Cabinet today of his intention to approve arrangements for the construction of the LUAS BXD. His decision is based on the project’s updated business case, and follows An Bord Pleanála’s decision earlier this year to grant a Railway Order which allows the line to be built.
The project will cost €370 million and is likely to generate up to 800 jobs during the construction phase, with a further 60 permanent jobs. Funding for the project has been included in the Government’s capital allocations under the Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016 plan, which gave priority to Luas BXD.
The first stage of construction – the pre-construction enabling works – is due to start in May 2013 with the main construction works starting in 2015. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2017.
The Department of Transport said every effort will be made to minimise the impact of construction works on the business community, road users, pedestrians, and residents in the city centre area.
An initial working group comprising the RPA, NTA and Dublin City Council has been established to develop traffic management arrangements during the construction phase.
*sigh*
*hangs up mankini*
What’s Leo doing over in England he should be fixing the health service.
Now, now. In this new pro-LGBTIKAA era gay jokes are illegal.
Over shoulder bo##ix holder
That photo must have been taken on a very cold day.
A speedo ban on holiday resorts should be next!!
Why because mens genitalia offend you , what about camel toe ? .
I never mentioned men’s anything…..
Speedos are synonymous with mens genitalia that’s why .
You must like your speedos Deco ?
Touched a nerve there, Deco? O_o
I look fabulous in them .
Ugh, can’t be unseen.
Agree Yvonne.. No fella could look good in a mankini.. It must have been invented by one very pissed off feminazi..
Or maybe a blind man..
You haven’t seen Mr Shalakalananaka so.
Hairy six-pack, wrinkly legs, saggy arse, leopard print mankini… the other auld ones do be throwing themselves at him. He could be a model.
Mrs
Stop that oul talk. You are turning me on..
They should be the compulsory uniform for community service!
The idea is to punish the offender not any poor soul who happens to see them.
Imagine my dear sweet old granny walking past as pasty, pimple arsed, glue enthusiasts, Rasher and Johno bend over to pick up discarded Tayto bags wearing mankinis.
I’m dying laughing at that Ron. XD
A Mankini.
Look at it. Why?
A wardrobe must have. Paired with a top hat & cane, perfect for any occasion.
thats is what i wore to my uncles funeral coincidentaly
If I ever meet someone wearing this in public I will kick his teeth out his arse***e.
You are secretly excited by that picture, admit it .
John’s gone all quiet now ..
Remember those anger management classes the judge ordered you to go on John? Good.. now, breath in.. hold it… breath out…. good, and again… breath in… and hold… good… and out.
Ah come on now john your not really going to do that. Sit down there now and relax. Good lad.
John,no you won’t!
I like you, do you like me?
Oh come on how could you not beat the living s***e out of him.
By minding your one f…..g business
Someone wears that in public makes it my f*****g business. You want your kids looking at that is your business.
I take it then that you don’t take your kids to the swimming pool or the beach in case they see some one in swimwear. In any case why are your kids out that late when a stage night is taking place?
You have a funny idea of swimwear. Each to their own.
Newquay – it’s like the Fundoran of the UK
Irish/Donegal woman living in Newquay and this is exactly how I describe Newquay to people at home. Bundoran on steroids but really glad I don’t have to see the sea of mankinis every Saturday/Sunday mornings anymore.
Curious to know if rather than a mankini was a model in bikini …not revolting I guess!
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