Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-24-Speech-2-266"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental performance of freight transport system2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020924.11.2-266"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-24-Speech-2-2672
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I welcome this excellent initiative. We need to ensure as far as we can that freight is removed from our roads and is placed onto alternative means of transport. Ireland has benefited greatly from EU funding to develop its rail and road infrastructure. It is currently in receipt of monies to develop a new tramway system in Dublin and a tunnel to take freight from the north side of the city – the M50 in the airport area – to the docks, thus keeping unnecessary freight from the city's streets. I want to raise a serious problem that has arisen in relation to the completion of the M50 in the Carrickmines area of Dublin. Around EUR 74 million has been allocated to this project. It has been found that an environmental impact assessment study which has been necessary to qualify for EU funds is seriously flawed. It did not identify an internationally important archaeological site, Carrickmines Castle, which contains, amongst other things, the remains of a 13th century Norman castle. The motorway, as currently planned, will this site before an archaeological dig has been carried out. It is not appropriate that European taxpayers' money should be used in this way to destroy our heritage. It is not just Irish heritage, it is European heritage. I am calling on the Commission to intervene urgently to have the construction of this road stopped until a full review is carried out as to why the environmental impact study did not identify this major archaeological site when it was identified by a state-sponsored organisation, An Foras Forbartha, in 1983. This is a major issue that needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency by the Commission."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1 "bury"1

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