Caibidil:
The routing principles might be appropriate for underground powerlines in other parts of the country, but they appear inappropriate for a routing spanning the immediate commuter belt around Dublin.
- Why attempt to "Maximise" the use of national, regional and local roads in a commuter belt?
- Why attempt to avoid going off-road ... and through agricultural land...where possible?
- It could be argued that intensive agricultural land is in fact the most biodiversity poor habitat in the country and thus is best suited to temporary inconvenience of the construction phase of the project. Any impact is financial and short term, whereas construction through less-intensive agricultural land would have the added impact of destroying whatever biodiversity it holds.