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Category Archives: Public Consultation
‘Save Newgrange to Propose M3 Motorway as Alternative to Dublin-Derry Road’
Save Newgrange is objecting to the Slane bypass part of the road, which will run within 500m of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site. Save Newgrange will also propose an alternative plan; to extend the M3 from Cavan on to Donegal. Currently, the M3 is losing millions of euro a year, which Irish taxpayers are having to pay to private contractors for low traffic use. Continue reading
Minister Dempsey Must Clarify N2 Slane Bypass Funding
SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 6 December 2010 ‘Minister Dempsey Must Clarify N2 Slane Bypass Funding’ Save Newgrange is calling on Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, (Fianna Fail) to clarify whether or not there is funding for the N2 … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Consultation, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia
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Funding NI A5 Upgrade and Slane Bypass not a Priority for Labour Party
The Labour Party has cast doubt over whether it will keep the promise made by the current Government to give £400 (€500m) to the Northern Ireland Executive to upgrade the A5/M2, Dublin to Derry Road, which also includes the Slane bypass. Continue reading
Irish Times: Earthwork ‘could have been part of Unesco heritage site’
The Irish Times – Tuesday, October 12, 2010 FRANK McDONALD Environment Editor A PREVIOUSLY unrecorded “impressively large earthwork” – believed to be part of the outer defences of an early medieval royal stronghold at Knowth, in the Boyne Valley – … Continue reading
Meath Chronicle | Letter to the editor: The facts on the Slane bypass
Minister Dempsey and the Fianna Fail led BSC campaign would rather endanger lives in Slane on a daily basis than force the HGVs to use the road that was built for them, in order to unfairly pressurise An Bord Pleanala into approving a non-viable bypass, based on artificially inflated traffic volume. Continue reading
Posted in Dr Edgar Morgenroth, Public Consultation, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia
Tagged chronicle, editor, facts, letter, meath, newgrange, save, save newgrange, vincent salafia
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PA Newswire, Ireland: Campaigners Fight Siting of Bypass Near Historical Sites
Campaigners tonight vowed to rally opinion against a controversial bypass after planners ordered a council to reopen public consultations. The Save Newgrange group said the move was a victory for those against proposals to run the N2 Slane bypass close to historical sites of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth in Co Meath. Continue reading
Meath Chronicle | Information on Slane Bypass now on display
Vincent Salafia of Save Newgrange said: “This is a victory for the public who were not given the full information in relation to this grandiose proposal, and yet who are expected to foot the bill Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Consultation, Vincent Salafia
Tagged additional, bypass, consultation, information, n2, newgrange, pleanala, public, salafia, save, significant, slane, vincent
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The Irish Times – New round of public consultations ordered for proposed Slane bypass
New round of public consultations ordered for proposed Slane bypass The Irish Times – Monday, September 20, 2010 FRANK McDONALD Environment Editor A NEW round of public consultations on controversial plans for a dual-carriageway bypass of Slane, Co Meath, has … Continue reading
N2 Slane Bypass Consultation Re-opens | Western Route Options Published
SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 17 September 2010 ‘N2 Slane Bypass Consultation Re-opens – Western Route Options Published’ The NRA and Meath County Council have today re-opened public consultation on the proposed N2 Slane Bypass, after being ordered to … Continue reading
New consultation on N2 Slane bypass a victory for the public
Computer generated image of proposed new Boyne Bridge, which will be visible from the World Heritage Site SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 16 September 2010 ‘New consultation on N2 Slane bypass a victory for the public’ Save Newgrange welcomes … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Impact Statement, Public Consultation, Statements, Western route v. eastern route
Tagged bypass, council, county, meath, n2, newgrange, pleanala, save, slane
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