Trinity College seeks change in proposed MetroLink route

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University says current plan would adversely affect staff, students, research facilities, ‘global status and funding’ via IrishTimesBiz

Existing plan would adversely affect staff, students, research facilities, ‘global status and funding’, says UniversityTrinity College Dublin wants the route of the Dublin MetroLink realigned to help address its concerns over the project. File photograph: Cyril ByrneTrinity College Dublin wants the route of the Dublin MetroLink realigned to help address its concerns over the project.

In a submission to An Bord Pleanála on the draft Railway Order for Metrolink, consultants for TCD state the planned route wholly inadequate mitigation measures proposed “have significant potential to constrain or sterilise Trinity’s existing and future core academic and research activities on the eastern part of the campus”.

Declan Brassil & Company state that if Transport Infrastructure Ireland fails to demonstrate that effective and proven mitigation measures can be implemented, TCD “is left in the position where it requests that the board refuses consent, or terminate MetroLink at a point north of Trinity’s campus” due to “the likely significant, adverse, permanent and unacceptable impacts on University’s sensitive equipment, its established and future research facilities, its students, researchers, staff —...

The TCD submission says 312m of the MetroLink route will pass under the eastern side of the TCD campus, according to planning documents. It is requesting “a localised realignment” that would move that part of the route that runs under the campus 61.5m west of its current position in a bid to meet its concerns.

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