Transport 21 provides for an extension to the Luas red line from Connolly Station to the Point Depot and for a spur off the Tallaght line to City West.
The public inquiry into the RPA's application for a railway order for the Luas extension from Connolly Station to the Point Depot concluded on 2 June 2006 and the inspector's report on that inquiry was published on 6 August 2006. I am currently considering the inspector's report and all other relevant documentation in relation to the RPA's application with a view to making a decision on this matter in due course.
Following agreement with developers on contributions by the latter to the cost of the proposed spur off the Tallaght Luas line to City West, the RPA launched an up-dated public consultation exercise in August 2006. The up-date concerns a new proposed terminus at Garter Lane involving an extra 800 metres of Luas track. The original public consultation, which was launched in February 2006, concerned an extension terminating at Fortunestown Lane. The overall revised length of the proposed spur to City West is 4 kilometres. The RPA expects to submit a railway order application for this extension by the end of the year.