Lengthy delays in transport approvals are common, though the BusConnects project is starting to take shape
almost a year after the original decision date. Lengthy delays in transport approvals are unfortunately typical, but this decision at least marks the three-quarter way point through the process of approving these 12 essential public transport schemes.
The board’s inspector also raised concerns about the project. However, his disquiet was that too much priority had been given to the private motorist rather than too little. Car parking he said “should be placed at the bottom of the hierarchy as far as street space allocation is concerned” and the reallocation of road space from cars in general could have been increased..
‘We are living through the sixth extinction’: How contemporary Irish writers are pointedly addressing the climate crisis“Had the proposed scheme been designed at the present time, when climate change is becoming increasingly apparent, rather than a number of years ago, it may have been more radical in tackling car dominance,” he said.
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