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TARA na Ri
GREEN PARTY SUPPORTS SAVE TARA AWARENESS MARCH 31st October 2006
The lack of a properly Integrated Transport System in County Meath will be highlighted this SATURDAY, 4th NOVEMBER as the SAVE TARA VALLEY AWARENESS MARCH gathers at the Old CIE RAILWAY STATION to start their protest through the town of Navan at 2pm.
Despite much talk of re-opening the Navan/Dublin Railway Line the chances of this vital transport link becoming a reality will disappear if the M3 with its two tolls goes ahead! As the M3 will be a Public Private Partnership (PPP), by definition it will require a specific number of cars through its tolls on a daily basis in order to make it viable. This viability would therefore be seriously compromised with the re-opening of the railway as the volume of traffic would be dramatically reduced and with it the profitability of the project.
Leading into the already badly congested Blanchardstown roundabout, the M3 will also bring unspeakable destruction to Ireland's heritage with no relief to the stressed commuter. As part of the M3 a massive interchange will be built at Blundelstown at the foot of the Hillof Tara and this will be floodlit 24 hours a day! Widespread development is also planned along the route of the Tara/Skryne Valley.
Green Party T.D. spokesman for the Environment, Ciarán Cuffe who will be one of those addressing the March said, 'Carving a motorway through the Tara landscape would be an
act of sacrilege. The Green Party believes that safety improvements on the existing road
would be a better option.'
The March is intended to bring attention to the fact that the Tara Valley will be needlessly destroyed by the proposed M3 despite the fact that viable alternatives do exist such as an integrated transport system.
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Further information: Heather Buchanan, 087-6595056 heather@savetaravalley.com
Rosaleen Allen, 01-8027967 allenrosaleen@hotmail.com
SAVE TARA SKRYNE VALLEY CAMPAIGN www.savetaravalley.com.
PRESS RELEASE**PRESS RELEASE** PRESS RELEASE
LAST CALL TO SAVE TARA !
SAVE TARA VALLEY AWARENESS MARCH
NAVAN - SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2006 - 2pm Sharp! 23rd October 2006
With the largely unpublicized withdrawal of the last legal obstacle to the M3 Motorway on the 6th October, The Save Tara Skryne Valley Campaign is calling on all those concerned about this national tragedy to attend The Save Tara Valley Awareness March in Navan on Saturday, 4th November at 2.00pm sharp!
Michael D.Higgins, TD gave his full support to the March last week, saying "I believe that this is an appalling decision which will affect not only this generation, but generations to come! There needs to be a change made in legislation to stop decisions being made which will have such an influence on future generations of Irish people. This has important implications not only for the people of Meath, but for people throughout Ireland". Deputy Higgins was responsible for the first Tara Discovery Programme when he was Minister of Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht Affairs.
At this moment in Irish history, never before has it been so important for people to voice their objection to the needless destruction of Ireland's most sacred site, simply to facilitate a motorway which will be of no benefit to the people of Meath. With TWO tolls and inevitably leading into the already badly congested Blanchardstown roundabout, the M3 will bring unspeakable destruction to Ireland's heritage with no relief to the stressed commuter. As part of the M3 a massive interchange will be built at Blundelstown at the foot of the Hill of Tara and this will be floodlit 24
hours a day!
Widespread development is also planned along the route of the Tara/Skryne Valley. The March is also intended to bring attention to the fact that viable alternatives do exist, such as an integrated transport system. Ends.
Further information:
Heather Buchanan, 087-6595056
heather@savetaravalley.com
Rosaleen Allen, 01-8027967
allenrosaleen@hotmail.com
SAVE TARA SKRYNE VALLEY CAMPAIGN
www.savetaravalley.com
Aims of the March
The aim of the March is to create awareness throughout Ireland and internationally that the Tara Valley will be needlessly destroyed by the proposed M3 despite the fact that viable alternatives do exist e.g. an integrated transport system such as the Meath Multiway.
The main points are as follows:
1. The Hill of Tara, which includes the Skryne Valley, is the most sacred and sensitive site in Ireland and is recognised as such throughout the world. With a four laned, double tolled motorway about to be driven through its heart, we believe that there are many more favourable options which have been conveniently ignored.
2. This double tolled, four laned motorway, which all agree will bottleneck at the already seriously congested Blanchardstown Roundabout, will not serve the people of Meath as they are being lead to believe and is a poor substitute for the properly integrated transport system we believe that they deserve.
3. Our group have spoken to thousands of people since our campaign started three years ago. Most of these people are local residents, particularly from the Navan area. We have found that contrary to popular belief, very few people actually want to see the Tara Valley destroyed in this way. What they do want desperately, is a proper, integrated, transport system such as the
Meath Multiway which will enable them to commute and move around the area with the relative ease one would expect of one of the world's most affluent nations. However, all these people have been offered is a motorway and most feel that they have no alternative, irrespective of the destruction caused in its wake!
4. Those Meath residents who still believe that the proposed M3 is the answer to their commuting problem are going to be very sadly disappointed, if it is eventually built! There will be absolutely no benefit to commuters travelling from Navan and Kells as all traffic will simply backup on the
existing bottleneck at Blanchardstown Roundabout. Even if there was a Flyover over the Hill of Tara, commuters would still land at Blanchardstown and the same old traffic jam!
5. There are no plans by the NRA to improve the situation at Blanchardstown Roundabout.
6. There are large areas around Clonee and Dunboyne now rezoned for housing development and they will soon also feed into the M3 and therefore add further to the existing congestion at Blanchardstown.
7. Most people are unaware that as part of the proposed M3, there is to be built a huge interchange at Blundelstown, at the foot of the Hill of Tara, where Dalgan Park is currently situated. Apart from also destroying Dalgan Park, this interchange will be floodlit 24 hours a day, lighting up Tara and increasing pollution on all levels. At present, this interchange is quite unnecessary as this is a country area with nowhere to interchange to. Clearly then, this whole area has been designated for redevelopment and will be destroyed accordingly. Is this really what people want? We don't believe they do!
8. Many commuters will not pay the two tolls on the M3, preferring to cut across country and use the toll-free and under utilised M2 as many are already doing and thereby also missing the congestion at Blanchardstown. Others will resort to the old toll-free N3.
9. With a General Election due next year we propose that the viability of THREE motorways heading north in close parallel be looked at and that a properly thought out integrated transport system be put into place. The possibility of traffic from Kells and Navan being diverted into the under utilised and toll-free M2 should be considered, which would then free up the sensitive Tara Valley area. This would reduce the traffic from Dunshaughlin going south and therefore also at Blanchardstown.
10. The Outer Orbital Motorway which Michael McDowell is now proposing will make the M3 defunct as there will be little interest in a double tolled motorway when there are other cheaper, more efficient options available.
11. Although there has been much talk of a railway from Navan to Dublin, such a project would seriously undermine the financial viability of a PPP Motorway and the projected income expected from the two tolls on the route. Also, the proposed M3 will dissect the old railway line in several places which seems to be counter productive if such a plan is being seriously considered.
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Even if people have no interest whatsoever in Irish Heritage and the Tara Valley, the M3 will not solve the current serious traffic problems. It is a lose/lose situation for all those involved - except for those with a vested financial interest in the development!
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