Category Archives: Roads

Public Consultation on Transport and Sustainable Mobility Policy

Posted on December 13, 2019 by WDC Insights

Introduction The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has opened a public consultation to review Ireland’s sustainable mobility (active travel and public transport) policy. Sustainable Mobility refers to active travel, such as walking and cycling and public transport (e.g. bus, … Continue reading →

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Reprioritising and Updating Transport Policy and Investment

Posted on October 17, 2019 by WDC Insights

Recently, there have been a few publications which focus on the need to reprioritise policy and investment across various aspects of Irish transport infrastructure and services. The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has published a paper entitled Building a Transport infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Regional implications of BREXIT- some thoughts

Posted on October 27, 2017 by WDC Insights

There has been much discussion of Brexit and what it will mean for Ireland, for businesses here, for different sectors, and for social and cultural interactions.  The discussion is, of course, taking place in the context of multiple unknowns.  We … Continue reading →

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Capital Infrastructure priorities – Broadband remains top of the list!

Posted on August 22, 2017 by WDC Insights

Engineers Ireland recently published The State of Ireland 2017, which focuses on the state of Ireland’s infrastructure and the extent to which it is fit for purpose. This is timely as the Government are in the process of considering the … Continue reading →

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What are the Capital Infrastructure Priorities for the Western Region?

Posted on May 5, 2017 by WDC Insights

Last week the WDC made a Submission to the Public Consultation on the Mid-term Review of the Capital Plan 2016-2021. The consultation sought views as to what should be included in the current Plan (€42 billion), over and above what … Continue reading →

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Key Issues for the National Planning Framework – Submission from the WDC

Posted on March 31, 2017 by WDC Insights

The WDC  made its submission on Ireland 2040 – Our Plan: National Planning Framework   yesterday.  The Issues and Choices paper covered a wide range of topics from national planning challenges to sustainability, health, infrastructure and the role of cities … Continue reading →

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Infrastructure Priorities: What to Invest in and Where?

Posted on September 29, 2016 by WDC Insights

Though the media attention is now largely focussed on what is in Budget 2017 and how it affects individuals, an interesting conference on investment in Ireland’s infrastructure took place on 27th September. Infrastructure Ireland, organised by Eolas, convened a range … Continue reading →

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Transport 2016 – Issues and themes

Posted on April 25, 2016 by WDC Insights

Transport Ireland 2016, a conference organised by Eolas last week included a wide range of speakers on a range of transport issues, providing an update on public transport investment plans as well as technological developments, for example electric vehicles and … Continue reading →

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Regional and local roads – maintaining connectivity in rural Ireland

Posted on February 15, 2016 by WDC Insights

Regional and local roads are the core of regional and rural transport. They are crucial to rural economic activity, and the importance of commuting to work across counties and to towns and cities is well recognised see here (PDF 1MB) … Continue reading →

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