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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Irish taxpayers will have to pay for motorway
IRISH TAXPAYERS will shoulder the cost of the planned new Oylegate to Rosslare Harbour motorway it has emerged.
Don Curtin, Wexford County Council National Roads Programme Liaison Officer, has answered a series of questions put to him by The Echo regarding the proposed motorway, which has left so many thousand people across the south of the county in a state of confusion, fear and panic.
Mr. Curtin said that, as part of the Route Selection process, an initial recommendation will be made on the proposed road types for the various elements of the scheme.
This initial recommendation will be further developed during the design phase of the scheme. He said the funding mechanism for the construction of the scheme will only be decided following the Statutory Processes (CPO/EIS, etc.).
“The construction of the scheme may be Exchequerfunded or may be financed by means of a public private partnership (PPP). The latter does not necessarily mean that the road would be tolled (e.g. The M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy and N25 New Ross Bypass schemes are to be procured by a PPP mechanism but will not be tolled).
“To date, all funding has come from the Irish Exchequer. It is envisaged that the project will continue to be financed by the Irish Exchequer,” he added.
He said there is no distinction between a greenfield site or upgrading existing infrastructure in terms of attracting funding either from the Irish Exchequer or from the EU. “An Options’ Comparison Estimate will be prepared by the design team as part of the Route Selection Process.”
Since the inception of the N25 Rosslare Harbour Access Road scheme in 1998, a total of €1,749,361 has been spent between that scheme and the current N11/N25 Oylegate to Rosslare Harbour project.
For the NRA, one of the primary assessment criteria for the Route Selection Process is “Environment”.
“As part of the environmental assessment, consideration is being given to the potential impact of the proposed route options on tourism in the area under the headings of “Human Beings “ and “Material Assets”.
Further to this, as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (the next step in this process), a more in-depth assessment will be undertaken as to the potential impacts of the chosen route option on tourism.
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