One of the orininal stalling points of the ORIGINAL 1980`s Dublin Transportation Authority proposals was the powers which That Authority would have to impose significant penalty charges upon utilities which carried out Road Works in the City.
This initiative would have seen the DTA agree a time-frame for all Road Works and impose a contractual liability upon the "Statutory Bodies" to meet that Timetable or else pay for the resultant overrun at a significant and penal rate !!
Way to Go eh...?
As for the present wimpy carry on re the land use and development issue,I would consider that very topic to be the single most important one in allowing for PROPERLY constituted and devised forward planning.
Essentially MC and the "Lads" want to maintain the present and well appreciated Flawed Pedigree planning system which affords substantial opportunities to well-placed and equally well resourced Developers to subvent the Democratic Accountability which Martin Cullen so elequently espouses...
The Fish Market may well be gone,but the aroma lingers on....!!!
