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- Refusal of Planning Permission for Slane Bypass Welcomed by Save Newgrange
- New Petition Campaign for HGV Ban By-laws in Slane Launched
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- Balance in the budget – Letter to the Editor – The Irish Times
- Delay of An Bord Pleanala Decision on Slane Bypass Welcomed
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- Irish Times | Welcome for public hearings into plans for Dublin-Derry road | Save Newgrange on ESRI economist Dr Edgar Morgenroth warned N2 Slane bypass was waste of taxpayers’ money in 2009
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Category Archives: Public Consultation
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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ESRI economist Dr Edgar Morgenroth warned N2 Slane bypass was waste of taxpayers’ money in 2009
Dr Edgar Morgenroth, Associate Research Professor with the Economic and Social Research Centre (ESRI), believes the Slane bypass is “idiotic”. On 24 April 2009 he wrote an Opinion piece for The Irish Times saying, “Of course, not all planned infrastructure projects were good projects to start with and some should certainly be abandoned. It is remarkable that there are plans to facilitate the avoidance of the toll on the M1 by building a bypass around Slane involving the expensive construction of a bridge over the river Boyne when a simple HGV ban would solve the local traffic problems. Continue reading
Posted in Dr Edgar Morgenroth, Economic Argument, Environmental Impact Statement, News, Northern Ireland, Public Consultation, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia, Western route v. eastern route
Tagged bypass, edgar, esri, idiotic, morgenroth, n2, newgrange, nra, salafia, save, slane, vincent
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M2/N2/A5 Dublin-Derry Motorway Community Groups to Co-Operate on Motorway Campaign
PRESS RELEASE – SAVE NEWGRANGE – 27 August 2010 ‘M2/N2/A5 Dublin-Derry Motorway Community Groups to Co-Operate on MotorwayCampaign’ Three campaign groups, working on different sections of the proposed M2/N2/A5 motorway, which will eventually run from Dublin to Derry, have agreed … Continue reading