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A story in today’s Irish Times suggests that the extension of the Luas between Stephen’s Green and Abbey St. will cost around €70m. This doesn’t contradict the earlier story, which estimated the cost at less than €100m.
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A story on the ireland.com breaking new web site (registration required?!?) mentions at the bottom that the new Luas line linking the Red and Green lines would “take 18 months and cost under €100 million,” according to the Rail Procurement Agency.
It is my belief that these costs and timelines are vastly underestimated in order to make them more palatable to journalists, opposition politicians and the public alike. I will be watching them and if I hear any changes, I’ll post them here.
Éibhear