Madam, - Your Editorial of February 1st highlighted Dublin's traffic woes, while An Irishman's Diary chided Dublin Airport's propaganda for suggesting that its new Terminal 2 and Pier D would be nicely under-populated. The facts are very different.
Dublin Airport plans to expand its capacity threefold to 60 million passengers a year, with horrendous implications for Dublin traffic. The proposed Metro will handle only a fraction of the extra numbers while the rest will just add catastrophically to the woes you mention in your Editorial.
On August 30th last year another Editorial said a second airport, further away from the city, should have been considered. It called on the Government to ensure that the very expensive new runway and new terminal projects were subjected to proper scrutiny to ensure that what was being planned is in the public interest.
That has still not happened. - Yours, etc,
MATTHEW HARLEY, Portmarnock Community Association, Portmarnock, Co Dublin.
The Irish Times
Showing posts with label planning at dublin airport. Show all posts
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Monday, 4 February 2008
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Ryanair in bid to block terminal extension at airport
RYANAIR has objected to a €50m expansion of the existing terminal at Dublin Airport.
The low-cost airline, which has already objected to a second €395m terminal, says the extension will only add shops and restaurants to the airport and is an example of 'haphazard' planning.
The Dublin Airport Authority plans a 7,500 square metre extension which would provide additional space for passengers, 20 check-in desks and additional retail space.
But now the Spring 2008 deadline for the new facility to be open might not be met because of the objections from Ryanair, the Portmarnock Community Association and a resident, Angela Lawton.
Inconsistent
Residents claim the extension is 'inconsistent' with EU transport policy guidelines and that it constitutes over-development and over-concentration of airport services in one small area of Dublin.
They also claim it will have a negative impact on residents and cause congestion on the road network.
Ryanair claims it will be used only to add retail and restaurant facilities to Terminal One and will not improve the passenger experience and forms part of a 'haphazard' strategy for the airport.
The airline - which wants an independent terminal for the airport - also claims it will result in funds being unnecessarily spent developing an 'oversized, overly expensive' second terminal which is inconsistent with proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
The extension to Terminal One is part of a €2bn capital development programme to transform Dublin Airport over the next 10 years. It also includes the construction of T2, the second terminal, and a new runway.
Both the new terminal and runway have already been appealed, and both were the subject of lengthy public hearings. Residents have also requested that an oral hearing be held into the terminal extension proposal, but a decision has yet to be made on this.
If granted, it could push back the Spring 2008 opening date by some months.
The new triangular-shaped extension is a two-storey building with a mezzanine that will expand the existing terminal at the departures level, the arrivals level and the mezzanine level.
At the departures level, the new extension will provide space for a reconfigured check-in area that will have 20 desks and additional space for passengers.
Beyond the passenger security area, the project will also have a larger circulation area for passengers travelling to Pier A and the new Pier D, currently being built at a cost of €120m.
Paul Melia
Irish Independent
The low-cost airline, which has already objected to a second €395m terminal, says the extension will only add shops and restaurants to the airport and is an example of 'haphazard' planning.
The Dublin Airport Authority plans a 7,500 square metre extension which would provide additional space for passengers, 20 check-in desks and additional retail space.
But now the Spring 2008 deadline for the new facility to be open might not be met because of the objections from Ryanair, the Portmarnock Community Association and a resident, Angela Lawton.
Inconsistent
Residents claim the extension is 'inconsistent' with EU transport policy guidelines and that it constitutes over-development and over-concentration of airport services in one small area of Dublin.
They also claim it will have a negative impact on residents and cause congestion on the road network.
Ryanair claims it will be used only to add retail and restaurant facilities to Terminal One and will not improve the passenger experience and forms part of a 'haphazard' strategy for the airport.
The airline - which wants an independent terminal for the airport - also claims it will result in funds being unnecessarily spent developing an 'oversized, overly expensive' second terminal which is inconsistent with proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
The extension to Terminal One is part of a €2bn capital development programme to transform Dublin Airport over the next 10 years. It also includes the construction of T2, the second terminal, and a new runway.
Both the new terminal and runway have already been appealed, and both were the subject of lengthy public hearings. Residents have also requested that an oral hearing be held into the terminal extension proposal, but a decision has yet to be made on this.
If granted, it could push back the Spring 2008 opening date by some months.
The new triangular-shaped extension is a two-storey building with a mezzanine that will expand the existing terminal at the departures level, the arrivals level and the mezzanine level.
At the departures level, the new extension will provide space for a reconfigured check-in area that will have 20 desks and additional space for passengers.
Beyond the passenger security area, the project will also have a larger circulation area for passengers travelling to Pier A and the new Pier D, currently being built at a cost of €120m.
Paul Melia
Irish Independent
Monday, 23 April 2007
O'Leary and DAA in war of words over new terminal
RYANAIR chief executive Michael O'Leary has claimed that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) effectively tried to "buy our silence" during the planning process for Dublin Airport's proposed second terminal by offering talks on building a third one for the airline.
The DAA has confirmed that high-level meetings regarding a third terminal took place between it and Ryanair last August.
However, it said that it strongly refuted O'Leary's allegation.
O'Leary claimed to the Sunday Tribune that, during these meetings, the DAA proposed to set up a working group examining the possibility of building a third terminal on the condition that Ryanair didn't lodge a planning objection against its Terminal 2 plans.
He said that the airline immediately rejected the proposal.
"It is a bit like getting involved in a hospital study group. You'd be sitting there studying it for the next 25 years with the DAA while they build a second terminal that costs four times what it should and doubles passenger charges."
The airline subsequently lodged an objection with Fingal County Council, which granted permission for the new terminal last October. Ryanair, An Taisce and local residents later appealed that decision to An Bord Pleanala. An oral hearing into the terminal is currently ongoing.
The airline has argued that the terminal is too expensive, is the wrong design and is in the wrong place. Last week, it threatened to freeze its expansion at the airport if it is approved.
A spokesman for the DAA claimed, however, that Ryanair raised the issue of a third terminal during the talks. He said that it was one of the preconditions that the airline had placed on its support for Terminal 2.
"The DAA agreed to support Ryanair on these issues but stressed that there were many planning and logistical barriers to the construction of a third terminal on the existing airport campus that would, at a minimum, delay its delivery until after 2011, " the spokesman claimed.
He also claimed that the DAA's discussions with the airline were part of an extensive consultation process which it carried out prior to lodging its planning application for Terminal 2.
He claimed that its talks with Ryanair came to an end when the airline "unilaterally terminated these discussions soon after the submission by the DAA of its planning application last August".
Sunday Tribune
The DAA has confirmed that high-level meetings regarding a third terminal took place between it and Ryanair last August.
However, it said that it strongly refuted O'Leary's allegation.
O'Leary claimed to the Sunday Tribune that, during these meetings, the DAA proposed to set up a working group examining the possibility of building a third terminal on the condition that Ryanair didn't lodge a planning objection against its Terminal 2 plans.
He said that the airline immediately rejected the proposal.
"It is a bit like getting involved in a hospital study group. You'd be sitting there studying it for the next 25 years with the DAA while they build a second terminal that costs four times what it should and doubles passenger charges."
The airline subsequently lodged an objection with Fingal County Council, which granted permission for the new terminal last October. Ryanair, An Taisce and local residents later appealed that decision to An Bord Pleanala. An oral hearing into the terminal is currently ongoing.
The airline has argued that the terminal is too expensive, is the wrong design and is in the wrong place. Last week, it threatened to freeze its expansion at the airport if it is approved.
A spokesman for the DAA claimed, however, that Ryanair raised the issue of a third terminal during the talks. He said that it was one of the preconditions that the airline had placed on its support for Terminal 2.
"The DAA agreed to support Ryanair on these issues but stressed that there were many planning and logistical barriers to the construction of a third terminal on the existing airport campus that would, at a minimum, delay its delivery until after 2011, " the spokesman claimed.
He also claimed that the DAA's discussions with the airline were part of an extensive consultation process which it carried out prior to lodging its planning application for Terminal 2.
He claimed that its talks with Ryanair came to an end when the airline "unilaterally terminated these discussions soon after the submission by the DAA of its planning application last August".
Sunday Tribune
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