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Wed 10 Oct 2008New road link approved for planned 7,000-home town
AN BORD Pleanála has approved a compulsory purchase order and granted permission for a major road linking the M1 north of Drogheda with Drogheda port.
The 5.6km €60 million Port Access Northern Cross Route will also open up access to a 254-hectare land bank. It is intended that the land will become a new town on the north side of Drogheda, with a population of 20,000.
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