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€230 million programme to protect Dublin Rosslare line from erosion

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THE East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects (ECRIPP), funded by the National Transport Authority under the National Development Plan 2021-2030, will, through a series of interventions along the route, seek to protect the 168 kilometre (104 mile) route between Dublin and Rosslare Europort. Just under half of the route’s length (77km) lies adjacent to coastal or estuarine environment and is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: 60km from Merrion Gates near Booterstown to Wicklow; and 17km in the Wexford to Rosslare area.

Detailed design and planning works, including environmental assessments and statutory submissions will be delivered under the first phase of the programme, for which Jacobs Engineering has been contracted as multi-disciplinary consultants.

Coastal railway construction and maintenance has

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