The day will come in future where the influence P11 has had will be acknowledged. The RPA I think will admit that if pushed, IE have a complex about admitting to anything
Its fairly clear the metro is something we had a serious impact on and certainly we got the interconnector on the table
Politicians of course are a problem, they are greedy and only want to get elected, if you look at a proper railway e.g. Japan or Switzerland (even the UK is the 1980's) there is long standing long term support for rail development the money is there and the railway administration has significant freedom on where it is spent once it makes a return
T21 is full of political ass coverage the lack of start dates makes it impossible to record anything as late until the day it is supposed to open
As Navan Junction well knows the M3 contract guarantees a monopoly on its builders i.e. no government sponsored competition e.g. railway
Given the commitment has been given very publicly, quite unlike PFC which was just a 'suggestion' not actually policy T21 is here to stay and it will happen, the order will be screwed up some pieces not really required eg Lucan Luas or city centre link will fall on cost benefit as will WRC
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