Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2004
121 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recent call by the Dublin City Business Association to join up the Luas lines in the city centre; if he intends to progress this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27014/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra197 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider joining the two new Luas lines via an overground rail section through the city centre; and his views on whether such an overground section is merited regardless of whether approval is given for the first stage of the Dublin metro as proposed in the Platform for Change document or the city centre rail interconnector between Heuston Station and Spencer Dock also proposed in the same document. [26885/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 197 together.
In order to improve integration between public transport services in Dublin, I see value in joining together the red and green Luas lines. I understand that the board of the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, has considered a preliminary analysis of the feasibility and cost of linking both lines in the city centre and that a more detailed proposal will now be prepared for consideration by the board. Dublin City Council, together with the Dublin City Centre Business Association, have indicated strong support for such a link. I await the proposals from the RPA.
