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Four new Luas lines and Metro on way By Jake Maxwell DUBLIN is to get four new Luas lines and the Metro is likely to extend into the Southside as part of the Government’s new â‚Ź115bn infrastructure plan although we knew a lot of that before! “I think it’s fair to say that we won’t call it Metro North any more – just Dublin Metro,â€? Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said.
Project Ireland 2040 will also see the construction of 500,000 new homes over the next two decades. The previously announced Metro is the centrepiece of the plan that will shape the captial and country’s development over the next 20 years and will stretch deep into the southern suburbs, linking with Dart and Luas lines (which is a new development). Dublin’s light rail service,
the Luas, is set for four new lines that will head for Bray, Lucan, Finglas and Poolbeg, all of which were announced previously under The National Transport Authority’s Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2016 – 2035 in April 2016. One of the main targets of the strategy is to channel growth in urban centres to deal with expected population growth of a million people by 2040.
Almost 50% of all dwellings must be built in cities, towns and villages under the plan. “The target is for 40% of all new housing to be delivered within the existing builtup areas of cities, towns DQG YLOODJHV RQ LQÂżOO DQG RU EURZQÂżHOG VLWHV ´ WKH SODQQLQJ framework document states.
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