The Minister for Transport has said there is no room for extreme views in the debate over the proposed route of the M3 Motorway.
Martin Cullen said that everyone should take a more balanced view of the project.
Earlier the minister strongly suggested the controversial motorway would go ahead saying, ‘by delivering the M3 and rail links, we are not only going to end the traffic jams, but we are putting in place the infrastructure to attract new investment and jobs’.
Groups opposing the planned routing of the M3 motorway through the Tara/Skryne valley criticised Mr Cullen for his failure to meet them today.
Mr Cullen met with several groups who are all in favour of the plan.
Speaking on a visit to Co Meath ahead of the by-election, Mr Cullen also hinted that a proposed rail link from the capital to Dunboyne could be extended as far as Navan.
He said he was studying a feasibility report which examined providing a spur off the Maynooth line to Dunboyne. He added that any rail project for the area ‘must also cater for Navan traffic using the N3’.
Mr Cullen said a new rail track could not be delivered over night, however, the case for a rail connection into Meath stood on its own merits.
