Plans to upgrade the Luas line from St. Stephen's Green to Bray to metro have not been dropped. Transport 21 provides for feasibility studies for this and other projects. While Transport 21 involves a substantial commitment of financial resources, those resources are finite. It has therefore been necessary to prioritise the investments to be made over the ten year period.
Luas line B1, one of the first projects to be rolled out in the implementation of Transport 21, involves a 7.5 km extension to the Luas green line southwards from Sandyford to Cherrywood. Transport 21 also provides for the extension of the Luas line from Cherrywood to Bray by 2015. These extensions will be implemented having regard to the continuing strategic objective of upgrading the line to metro in due course.