The six-week oral hearing for the Metrolink concluded this week and the inspector will now prepare his report for An Bord Pleanala. Documents made available during the hearings will now be put out for public consultation. The board will likely make a decision by the end of the year, depending on when they receive the…
A key part of the planning permission for Metrolink, the oral hearing, will start on February 19th. An oral hearing is where a public meeting is called by the Planning Inspector to discuss any issues relating to the project. Oral hearings tend to be called for large or complex projects. The meeting is open to…
An Bord Pleanala have missed a deadline for decision on the Metrolink project. The planning authority had an initial deadline for decision of December 21st but this has passed with no clear indication of a new timeline. An oral hearing on the application has been suggested since the summer but a date for that hearing…
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) are advertising for Programme Director and Head of Procurement for Metrolink. The plan to bring the project to the next phase is getting underway as key leadership roles have been advertised with a deadline of the 28th of November. TII are expecting to attract international interest in the roles and they…
The Malahide Road roundabout in Swords will face three days of disruption from November 13th, for road resurfacing connected to Metrolink. The busy roundabout will have a stop go in effect during the works. The purpose of these works is to fully reinstate the road areas, where Slit Trenching Investigations were undertaken in recent weeks.…
Roadworks, linked to the development of Metrolink, will take place over the next week along the Swords bypass (R132). Resurfacing works will progress along the R132 over the week reducing the number of lanes as it is carried out. On November 1st the Seatown Roundabout will be reduced to a stop/go and traffic disruption should…
A new road project, which will link the Rathbeale Rd and the Brackenstown Road, will have consultants appointed to it in Q3 of this year. The Swords Western Distributor Road which will go from the Brackenstown Rd, west of Swords Manor, and travel north past the new Mooretown development and across the Broadmeadown River to…
Major ground works will start next week as part of the preparation for Metrolink. Trenches are being dug at the Estuary Roundabout of the R132 on Wednesday and Thursday (05/04 and 06/04). Traffic will be reduced to one lane in the area. Theses trenches being dug along the route of the Metrolink so that engineers…
As part of the Railway Order, Metrolink have published detailed designs for the Metrolink stations and tracks in Swords. Some of the elements: New designs will reinstate existing estate boundaries at Seatown, Estuary Court and Ashley. Metrolink will be above ground as it passes Balheary Park, with trains visible from playing pitches. The train will…
The next important step in making Metrolink a reality will take place at the end of this month. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have informed local representatives that the Metrolink Railway Order will happen on September 30th. A Railway Order is the start of the planning process for the new metro and it is an application…