Episode 175 with Cormac Rabbitt
Building The Future Show - Radio / TV / Podcast
English - August 01, 2017 15:19 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTechnology technology startup founder entrepreneur investor atlanta Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Helped influence the Government to procure national motorways instead of the town by-passes commissioned by the National Roads Authority in 1999.
Helped expedite the M50 Motorway and save €400m. This included its realignment: a) near Sandyford Village – so that the village was not enclosed by motorway type roads; b) away from sensitive areas of Finglas, Ballymun and Santry. This enabled this section to open sooner - it was to open 10 years after the Tallaght to Sandyford section but instead was opened 5 years before it; c) at Redcow to remove the last set of lights during its latest upgrade.
Played a key role in the Government decision for a Dublin Metro - assembled a Japanese consortium and in 2000 presented to the Cabinet Committee for PPPs a proposal. After the meeting the Cabinet pledged to proceed with a metro.
In 2003 presented plans to the Government Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport on how the cost of a metro could be reduced and also instigated the visit of a Spanish delegation to them. The Committee Report noted my 'undoubted knowledge and many skills that are appropriate for the building of a Metro' and that my 'extensive knowledge could be harnessed for the development of the Dublin Metro system'.
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