Opposition to €2bn plan grows amid claims the cost of compensation has been underestimated
“But it is not about the money. If it were, people may be tempted to take it and retire to the sun. The design of the project is flawed,” she said.
Dr Peter O’Sullivan, Paula Moore, Steve Bailey, Michael O’Brien and Mari O’Leary, members of the Rathgar Road Residents’ Group. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Dr Peter O’Sullivan said the cut-off in front of his property could make a wheelchair ramp inaccessible while the land take around Christ Church in the centre of Rathgar would severely damage the character of the village. “The plan will cost enormous amounts of money and make this worse,” he said.Similar concerns have been raised on Nutley Lane in Dublin 4, where bus corridor 14 will take land from RTÉ, Elm Park Golf and Sports Club and St Vincent’s hospital.
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