and finally expected results
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4.5 Anticipated Outcomes of Investment
In the years to 2016 Government will
§ Invest in excess of €12 billion in building a sustainable and economically valuable
transport network and services;
§ Prioritise appropriate public transport responses and initiatives;
§ Complete the major inter-urban road routes and initiate a number of key road
projects of strategic economic importance; and
§ Make significant investment in local and regional road improvements helping to support direct employment.
Planning for future investment projects will also continue, alongside investment in important
programmes such as rail safety and traffic management.
The benefits of this investment will be significant and some highlights of the outcomes to be
achieved include:
§ Journey time on all our major inter-urban road connections will be significantly
reduced
M1
Belfast/Dublin 2 hours
N4/
N6 Galway/Dublin 2 hours
N7
Limerick/Dublin 2 hours
N8
Cork/Dublin 2 hours 30 minutes
N9
Waterford/Dublin 1 hour 45 minutes
M20
Limerick/Cork 50 minutes
§ By 2016, the Luas will be carrying 42 million passengers and remove 12 million car
trips from the road network annually
§ In its first year of operation, Metro North will remove 13 million car trips from the
road network
§ Passenger numbers on the DART and Greater Dublin Area commuter network will
grow from a 2009 base of 29 million toward a target of 36 million
§ The Road Safety Strategy will target continuing the downward trend in road deaths.
§ Investment in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure will result in increased modal
shares for each
These achievements will be significant and will contribute to enhanced environmental
outcomes along with unlocking productive capacity in the economy.
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