No ‘big ticket’ item in Mid-West transport plan

AN economic blueprint for the Mid-West is to outline the need for €250 million to be spent on new transport initiatives in the region — but no spend on any “big ticket items” in transport.

Currently, international civil engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald Pettit is preparing a long-term framework for guiding future residential, commercial and industrial development in the Mid-West region.

Anticipated to heavily influence the region’s transportation infrastructure requirements over the course of the next 30 years, the Mid-West Area Strategic Plan (MWASP) is also expected to feed into the Regional Planning Guidelines for the Mid-West Region 2010-2022.