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Balance in the budget – Letter to the Editor – The Irish Times
Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, should examine lower cost alternatives to building a brand new road from Dublin to Derry, like he did with the Metro and Dart. Upgrading the existing road and improving rail is the obvious thing to do. Continue reading
Posted in A5 Western Transport Corridor, Save Newgrange
Tagged budget, derry, dublin, irish times, letter, road, salafia
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Pre-budgetary survey about Dublin to Derry road spending sent to political parties
SAVE NEWGRANGE PRESS RELEASE 11 November 2010 ‘Pre-budgetary Survey About Dublin to Derry Road Spending Sent to all Political Parties’ Save Newgrange has sent a pre-budgetary survey, asking questions about the Slane bypass and the proposed M2/A5 Dublin to Derry … Continue reading
Posted in A5 Western Transport Corridor, Dr Edgar Morgenroth, Economic Argument, N2 Monaghan bypass, Save Newgrange
Tagged budget, clontbret, newgrange, salafia, save, survey, vincent
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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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‘Force council to implement HGV ban’ – Meath Chronicle. Letter to the Editor by Vincent Salafia of Save Newgrange
Force council to implement HGV ban Meath Chronicle – Letters | Wednesday, 8th September, 2010 Dear sir – Slane needs a dual-carriageway bypass (built to motorway standard) like Minister Dempsey needed the (larger) Government jet to go to summer school … Continue reading
Posted in Dr Edgar Morgenroth, Save Newgrange, Statements, Vincent Salafia
Tagged ban, bypass, hgv, implement, n2, newgrange, salafia, save, slane, vincent
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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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Submission Made to Irish Planning Board
Newgrange saga in lap of the gods The Irish Independent – Thursday February 18 2010 The Save Newgrange campaign submitted a document to An Bord Pleanala yesterday outlining opposition to the route of the proposed N2 Slane bypass. The submission … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Impact Statement, News, UNESCO, Vincent Salafia
Tagged bord, buccafurri, bypass, constance, n2, newgrane, pleanala, salafia, save, slane, vincent, vincent salafia
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