Penalties to be considered for transport project delays

The Minister of State for Transport says that the Government will consider introducing penalty clauses in the contracts for developing new transport projects in Dublin to try to minimise delays.

Ivor Callely stated that the Government wanted to see practical decisions taken in relation to the construction of the new rail, Luas and metro projects set out in the Transport 21 programme.
The Government wanted to see “minimal disruption to the economy of the city”.
It has been reported that traffic experts expect city-centre disruption during the workings of the transport plan.

Mr Callely said that he wanted to see contractors involved in the projects “getting in, doing their business and getting out again”.
The Government would consider having penalty clauses into the contracts which would impose penalties for undue delays and missed deadlines.