Transport plan - Blueprint has potential to deliver

Ambitious though the Government’s latest transportation blueprint costing €34.4 billion may seem to be, it is not being merely pedantic to point out that that is just what it is at the moment - a blueprint.

It must also be said that this latest multi-billion transport plan is also a compendium of projects previously announced together with some new ones.

Cynics might also aver that the announcement was strategically timed, having in its sights the next general election which is looming ever nearer.