‘Big dig’ to result in ban on traffic
The Dublin Transportation Office (DTO) told TDs a range of construction jobs, public transport changes and the re-routing of traffic would be in place prior to the commencement of the metro works.
Senior DTO planner Michael Aherne said plans were in place to ban cars on roads between Trinity College and the old parliament, now the Bank of Ireland, at the bottom of Grafton Street and on O’Connell Street. Only public transport would be allowed on the routes, the Oireachtas committee on transport heard.
