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AHEAD OF THE next public consultation opening up for the landmark BusConnects project next month, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has put out to tender a contract for the delivery of up to 3.6 million leaflets across the greater Dublin area.
The leaflets and booklets will be delivered to every home and business in the greater Dublin area, including locations in north Wicklow, north Kildare and east Meath.
BusConnects initiatives would see the creation of 230km of dedicated bus lanes along the 16 busiest corridors in Dublin, as well as the complete redesign of the bus network along seven central “spines”.
Over 30,000 people have already had their say on BusConnects through submissions received in the first round of public consultation.
Concerns have been raised after it emerged that some homeowners will lose a portion of their gardens due to the plans.
A number of areas of south Dublin have protested against the NTA plans, with locals claiming it will destroy communities.
Late last month, TheJournal.ie reported that a number of TDs – including one government minister - had written to the NTA to express their own concerns over the plan.
In the case of Mary Mitchell O’Connor, she urged a “rethink” on how the new system would work in her local constituency.
As it progresses to the next stage of going to the public again with revised plans next month, the NTA now intends to deliver information about the plans straight to people’s doors.
In its invitation to tender, it asks for a service provider to deliver booklets and leaflets to every home and business – including premises with “no junk” signs and individual apartments – to the greater Dublin area.
The NTA estimates there are 600,000 homes and businesses within this area.
It plans to deliver booklets to each of these addresses at least three times over the course of a year, with the possibility for another three runs the year after.
If it follows through for the full two years, it’ll mean 3.6 million deliveries to homes and businesses in and around the capital.
More information will be provided on the next stage of BusConnects by the NTA next month. It is not envisaged for the bus corridors project to completed until 2027, while the finalisation of the bus network redesign won’t be complete until 2020 at the earliest.
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We know Dylan does not want to publicly receive this so let’s hear about the other winners and what they did to receive such high distinction. That’s the article I want to read.
@Deborah Behan: They told people to vote for Hillary this year???
Well, it would have been a bit inconsistent of him if he had shown up … Sticking to his guns I guess.
He was probably afraid crooked Hillary was going to be there.
interesting Dylan showed up for his presidential medal of freedom and yet appears to be turning up his nose at the Nobel Prize, a tad ungreatful Boll@* impression I’m getting of Dylan.
@Joseph Dempsey: He is not “turning up his nose” at a prize that he never sought and which must have come as a huge surprise to him. He did thank the Swedes for it and said he would attend the ceremony in Stockholm “if at all possible”. Now it seems it isn’t possible, but he doesn’t owe anyone an explanation of why that is so.
And what makes you think he would give a rat’s arse what impression a judgemental little anonymous nobody like you gets?
So what if they were all migrants. As if hordes of Mexican, Irish, and whatever other illegals are equivalent to four British scientists who legally emigrated to the US.
Regarding Bob Dylan, it’s funny that some old twanger who hasn’t had a half decent tune for decades still gets so much attention.
@Naberius:
He did not ask for the attention.
Give it to someone else.someone harder working with more talent.shouldn’t be that hard to find someone.
Red Hurley? Do you have anyone in mind? What’s the name of that Irish singer popular in the 80′s? His name escapes me. He’d be a good Nobel Laureate. What’s his name, Red Hurley? It’s at the tip of my tongue.
‘Migrants’
Escaping the hell holes of Oxford and Cambridge.
One of the greatest song writer of our time.
“All l I can do is be me, whoever that is”
This week I am mostly arrogant and petty.
Too cool for school
Ungrateful arrogant person who should be stripped of the award…Full of his own self importance
@Paul Lane: “Self-important” and “arrogant” for NOT accepting an award?!!?
You need to go back and consult your dictionary, friend!!
@Paul Lane:
Q: What do the following Nobel winners have in common?
Novelist Doris Lessing in 2007, playwright Harold Pinter in 2005 and writer Elfriede Jelinek in 2004?
A: They didn’t accept the award in person
@Fox in the Box: Some could not because of health issues.
@Paul A Whelan: How do you know what shape the 75-year-old Dylan is in? Maybe a trip all the way to Stockholm would be hard on him, but he doesn’t want to moan in public about his health.
No one can nominate themself for the Nobel Prize and Dylan probably had no inkling that he was getting one until the name of the winner was announced in Sweden.
Dylan probably recognises the insanity of the Nobel institute which awarded Obama the Peace Prize in 2008 upon his inauguration as President. Apparently Henry Kissinger was also a ‘peace’ recipient. Nothing could be more hypocritical, insane ,mad crazy as awarding these two war mongers this award. Dylan wrote songs about peace and the ending of wars. So, congratulations Bob. You are consistent as well as being a great singer, song writer, poet and humanitarian.
Besides I’m pretty sure Dylan didn’t put his name forward for the prize in the first place. Why on earth should anyone be expected to turn up for a ceremony they didn’t sign up for.
Just send me the prize money,(€0.93 million)
@Patrick James Walsh: I’m sure Bob needs it as badly as I need a €5 gift from the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Dylan must be very busy these days.
Is he unwell?
Is he sick of all the B…S…?
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