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There was an article in Fridays Irish Times about how city centre businesses want the O'Connell Street metro stop moved to the Department of Education buildings on Marlborough street.
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Sounds like shades of wanting the Point Luas connection moved to the quays. Marlborough St next to Abbey St might not be so bad - plenty of ugly buildings that could be demolished without too much fuss, and new commercial/residential property could be built over it to pay for it. The O'Connell St stop will cause far less disruption to business than the BX line link-up.
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I would worry that if the RPA are pressured to put the station under the airport costs will be taken from somewhere else. Airport is still a better option that the GSH though.
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When it's built as a PPP, what factors determine the cost limitations? How much is the government expected to pay up front? Will the government be paying off the capital cost over the coming years, or are is it expected to make a profit that will do this?
Cost aside, the underground connection is really the only viable one. I've walked from the Great Southern to the terminal, and it's no fun playing cat and mouse with the cars speeding around the airport roads, though with a covered elevated walkway with (shudder) travellators it would be a bit more tolerable.