An Taisce welcomes halt to Metro West

HERITAGE body An Taisce has welcomed the decision by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar to put a stop to what it described as “the Metro West folly”.

An Taisce welcomes halt to Metro West

Mr Varadkar announced yesterday that he had suspended the planning process as funding to construct the new railway in Dublin would not be available in the foreseeable future.

He said he was acting on the advice of the National Transport Authority when he instructed the Railway Procurement Agency to withdraw its application for a railway order from An Bord Pleanála.

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