Re: Re: transport21

Again, it seems to me some principle of subsidiarity should apply, devolving decision making to a local level: obviously some portion of the T21 funds should be spent in the west, to me it seems clear that what eg Galway needs is help for commuters, the traffic is terrible, so run a train back and forward to Oranmore or even Athenry and think what can be done for Barna, Headford and Tuam. However, the local representatives and activists are clear that this, the WRC, is what they want, surely we should respect that?

Perhaps the disastrous record of local decision making in planning makes people despair of subsidiarity, but it seems to me that giving people more responsibility, not less, is the answer.