Red Cow crux 'won't delay Luas'

THE means by which Dublin’s light railway ultimately gets through the Red Cow Roundabout will not delay the introduction of the new tram service next summer, Transport Minister Séamus Brennan declared yesterday.

Red Cow crux 'won't delay Luas'

One proposed solution to minimise traffic disruption caused by Luas is to elevate the line, while another is to bring forward the planned upgrading of the junction. Although, Mr Brennan said the problem would not delay the introduction of the service in August 2004, he did admit that it presented a huge engineering challenge.

“We will see if we can meet it,” he declared when testing began on the Luas tracks between the roundabout and The Square in Tallaght.

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