The real deal behind the M3 – money wasting, and indifference
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Did you know that Cú Chulainn’s head, his sword-arm and his golden shield were taken to Tara after his last battle? Read more..
Or that Na Fianna fought their final battle at Gabhra in Tara’s Gabhra valley through which the M3 is planned? Read more..
Our solution to the M3 controversy is to reroute the M3 back to a direct alignment so it need not pass through Tara’s Gabhra valley. The M3 to the West proposal is likely to be:
*3.5km shorter each way for commuters from Navan to Dunshaughlin
*5km+ away from Tara to the West
*Up to €70m cheaper to you, the Irish Tax PayerA Westerly M3 routing will not block the route of the old Dublin-Navan rail line at Cannistown. It also offers the possibility of linking Trim to the M3.
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@West wrote:
A Westerly M3 routing will not block the route of the old Dublin-Navan rail line at Cannistown. It also offers the possibility of linking Trim to the M3.
No alignment will block tghe route at Cannistown, but the current alignment will take out a 100m stretch of the Clonsilla to Navan alignment at Kennastown. The implication of this is that if forced through any future rail alignment will have to be graded from 750-1000m in each direction to cross over the proposed M3. This will reach a height 15-20m when overhead wirescape is included and require wholesale CPO’s of actual homes and ancillary gardens. The cost is hard to assess but could be in the region 0f 30-50m euros.
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It is incredible that a rail route to Navan is not seriously considered in the transport plan for this area. Considering the rail alignment is still intact between Navan and Broadstone, overlooking this and going ahead with the M3 puts into sharper focus the priority the motor car gets over public transport under the present government. Rebuilding the railway would involve no land purchasing and little extra planning as opposed to the monstrous proposed M3. There is no need to dwell on the great advantages of the railways over car congestion…..
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@J. Seerski wrote:
M3 puts into sharper focus the priority the motor car gets over public transport
Has anyone noticed that the Dunboyne rail link for Meath isn’t that much of a rail solution for Meath?
It will be located on the Dublin Meath Border, located after the 2nd toll on the M3.
So if you want to use this service you will have to pay up to 2 tolls, your train ticket and your parking charges to use the ‘Rail solution for Meath’!
Back to the M3 – the old railway passed Tara to the west because it is a flat plain. The current route of the M3 through Tara’s Gabhra valley means the M3 climbs to go in, decends to go out. And all that without the roller-coaster weaving it does just to avoid monuments, etc. Surely any eejit can see the west makes sense!
And just to mention Broadstone – the Luas passes only a few blocks away – be much better to open Broadstone again..! I am sick of being an M50 victim each morning because I can’t pass from Blanch to Clonsilla on the way from Meath to Dublin city centre because the N3 is clogged at the Blanch shopping centre..
Can anyone tell me why they don’t build a bridge NOW to allow traffic going from Blanch to cross over the M50 unhindered on the way to the CC? Why is everyone on the N3 an M50 victim even if they don’t use it????
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There you go – visit http://www.tarasos.com for more photos
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Bertie Ahern: ‘If you take a pencil and account for things like archaeology you will never do anything.’
Here’s the article http://www.tarasos.com/index.php?id=75
No wonder we are in this mess.. :confused:
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