Making public transport fully wheelchair accessible will cost €328m

Hugh Creegan, deputy chief executive, National Transport Authority, and Anne Graham, chief executive. Mr Creegan said much of the existing infrastructure of the bus and rail system is old and therefore it is a major task to make it all wheelchair accessible. Picture: Jim Coughlan

The projected cost for making all public transport in Ireland entirely wheelchair accessible is €328m.

That is according to the body with direct responsibility, the National Transport Authority (NTA), which said that in order to make all elements of transport infrastructure fully accessible, a minimum budget of €327.5m would be required.