[Article] Cullen to announce details of Dublin Transport Authority

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Last updated: 09-11-06, 07:42


Minister for Transport Martin Cullen will today announce plans for a new Dublin transport authority designed to reform the capital's traffic management systems.

He will today publish a report that will set out how the new Dublin Transportation Authority will work.

It will propose that the new authority assumes responsibility for overseeing all major public transport projects, including Metro, a new rail tunnel through the city centre and the extension of the Luas network.

The authority will also be responsible for regulating public transport in the city and will ultimately have responsibility for bus routes.

The Railway Procurement Agency is to be subsumed into the new authority, which will also take over some of the functions of Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann.

The report also proposes that the new body will have the power to set fares, complete the integrated ticketing project and regulate the entire market.

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