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Progress update, priorities, and how we shaped the preferred (revised) option:
In light of changes to Government policy, we built on previous work to revisit earlier plans alongside new options to ensure the revised project reflects today’s priorities to support growth, enhance productivity and improve east–west connectivity.
To do this, we assessed options against key factors such as transport performance, environmental considerations, cost, deliverability and community outcomes.
Through this process, we identified a preferred inland route with a staged delivery approach, which is now being refined through further technical assessments and targeted engagement.
The East West Link project has become an inland-leaning urban route that reuses more existing corridors, reduces the environmental impact, can be delivered in stages, and aims to deliver equal transport benefits with lower cost and far less disruption.
The next 12-months will involve more design work to develop, refine and route protect the preferred corridor, whilst looking at ways to stage sections of the project with a focus on Stage 1, Galway Link.
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