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asked the Minister for Local Government whether any proposal has been submitted to him for the construction of a new road on the abandoned Harcourt Street railway line between Shankill and Milltown; and, if so, what action he proposes to take in the matter.
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asked the Minister for Local Government by whom the foreign expert at present examining the possible route of the main road at Shankill village, County Dublin, was engaged; and when a decision on the proposed roadway is likely.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions 34 and 37 together.
At the request of the Dublin Corporation a traffic consultant recently undertook a preliminary survey of the traffic problems of Dublin City and its environs and submitted a preliminary report to the Corporation. I am not aware that he is examining the possible route of the main road at Shankill. The Dublin Corporation made a preliminary investigation of the proposal to build a new road on the abandoned railway line, but no proposals in regard to it have been submitted to my Department. A traffic survey which Dublin Corporation are considering following the receipt of the consultant's preliminary report would throw light on the merits of this proposal. If such a road were constructed it would have to join the existing main road at Shankill and this would affect any development proposals in the area.
