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Rashers · 06-05-2010, 05:47

It's really disgraceful how IE are so relaxed about such a substantial delay.
They keep saying how important this project is, yet at the drop of a hat, they extend the completion date, and forget to tell their paymaster.
I assume this will add significantly to the costs. All the projections for the PPP will need to be rewritten etc.
I also wonder will the minister actually challenge IE on this?
Finally, I do not believe planning delays alone would hold this project up by 3 years (> 1,000 days). They either had a massive miscalculation, or there is something else up which they are not telling us.
Yet again, the public suffer, while IE fluff along.

06-05-2010, 05:47	#3
Rashers Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 431	It's really disgraceful how IE are so relaxed about such a substantial delay. They keep saying how important this project is, yet at the drop of a hat, they extend the completion date, and forget to tell their paymaster. I assume this will add significantly to the costs. All the projections for the PPP will need to be rewritten etc. I also wonder will the minister actually challenge IE on this? Finally, I do not believe planning delays alone would hold this project up by 3 years (> 1,000 days). They either had a massive miscalculation, or there is something else up which they are not telling us. Yet again, the public suffer, while IE fluff along. __________________