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Fri 04 Apr 2003Report is not ambitious enough, says Brennan
REVIEW'S FINDINGS: The Strategic Rail Review called for the investment of €8.6 billion in the national rail system, yet the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, said the report was not ambitious enough.
Mr Brennan, who noted that the report did not embrace proposals for the development of dedicated high-speed networks or electrification, said the Government would focus on "sweating" Iarnród Éireann's existing assets. This was the option favoured in the 500-page review by a consultant with Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Mr Steve Kanowski.
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