DAA chief says airport planning delays adding 'tens of millions' to build costs

Kenny Jacobs says slow planning at Dublin hurting jobs, tourism, and the Irish economy

Dublin Airport Authority chief executive Kenny Jacobs said that delayed or overturned planning decisions for proposals for Dublin Airport “waste time and have so far added tens of millions of euro in unnecessary build costs”.

Planning delays at Dublin Airport have added "tens of millions" to build costs, DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs has stated.

Mr Jacobs said that delayed or overturned planning decisions for proposals for Dublin Airport “waste time and have so far added tens of millions of euro in unnecessary build costs”. In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Mr Jacobs said that in relation to one Dublin Airport project, the expanded US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities, “the refusal by Fingal County Council, and the need to appeal to An Bord Pleanala, has cost us two years and added €5m in extra costs, delaying other projects”.