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14/11/2011

Delay In Metro North Is 'Body Blow' For Regeneration Contract

Fianna Fáil Councillor for Ballymun, Paul McAuliffe has said the delay in the Metro North project is a major body blow for the Ballymun Regeneration Project and will mean the serious delay of other investment projects in the area including the proposed Ballymun shopping centre and the M50 Wet Labs.

"The Metro North project which has already consumed almost €200 million could have relied more heavily on private funding rather than government capital spending and therefore should have been given the green light today. The Railway Procurement Agency has estimated that more than 3600 jobs might have been created and in a time of increasing unemployment it seems crazy to turn down that sort of job creation opportunity.

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"This constituency elected two Labour government TDs, one of whom is a government Minister, both of whom made promises to secure the future of Metro North. Today’s news demonstrates that they have failed miserably," said Cllr McAuliffe.

(CD)

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