FINAL VERSION OF FIRST INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING EXPERTS' REPORT (available to download below)
This report reviews the Railway Order Application (especially the Environmental Impact Statement) for Dublin Metro North. It is the first formal output of a team of Independent Engineering Experts commissioned in August 2008 by RPA, on behalf of residents’ groups and associations and other non-commercial stakeholders with interests in the effects of the Metro North scheme. The terms of reference for the Independent Engineering Expert team were developed by the RPA in partnership with residents’ representatives, who also participated in the selection process.
It is intended to be available to residents and others as a resource to assist them in their consideration of the Railway Order application for Metro North, and in participating in the consultation process (including, as appropriate, making written and oral submissions to An Bord Pleanála). Following a series of meetings with residents’ groups and other interested parties in August and September, a draft report for comment and discussion was issued on 8th October 2008. Meetings were held during the week commencing 20th October 2008 to present the report and allow discussion and feedback. A final draft was issued in December 2008 and further meetings were held in January 2009. This final report takes account of the comments received from residents and the RPA.
The report is presented in 3 volumes (which you can download below):
- Volume I provides an introduction to environmental impact assessment and the design process, together with a review of selected sections of the Environmental Impact Statement and other Railway Order documentation;
- Volume II provides a summary of the particular concerns and questions of residents and other interested parties, cross references to sources of further information and brief comments where appropriate; and
- Volume III includes four supporting appendices for Volumes I and II.
, March 2009.
Volume I:
Review of the Environmental Impact Statement and Other Railway Order Documentation
Cover, contents & Executive SummaryChapters 1 - 3
Chapter 4
Volume II:
Consideration of the Concerns and Comments of Residents and Other Interested Parties
Volume IIVolume III:
Appendices
Appendix 1: Schedule of groups of residents and other interested parties with which the experts have worked to date and a record of meetings heldAppendix 2: Table summarising proposed and minimum depths from ground surface to the bored tunnel and inferred depths to rockhead
Appendix 3: RPA comments on GWP draft report (Version 3 (RJS/GFE))
Appendix 4: Document entitled "RfR tunnelling questions for Independent Expert" (Jan. 2009)
Download copies of Volumes I, II and Volume III Appendix 4 on which changes since the final draft have been highlighted:
Volume IVolume II
Volume III Appendix 1
Volume III Appendix 4
