Dublin's proposed public space renewal is now estimated to cost €80m, inclusive of a 40% contingency. The project has expanded significantly since its initial design nine years ago, influenced by inflation and labor costs. The pedestrianization initiative aims to stretch from Trinity College to Dame Street. Local politicians express concerns over the funding, with calls for government involvement, while critics argue that such spending distracts from pressing issues like homelessness and housing crises in the area.
"Everyone in Ireland at some stage is going to come to Dublin, so there needs to be more pressure on Government to be paying some of those costs," she said.
"We need to put more attention on how we can get the best bang for our buck and not just be burning money and allowing the costs to balloon like this," she added.
"We don't have a pedestrian or a plaza crisis. We have a homeless crisis, we have a housing crisis, we have a medical crisis..." he said.
"The €80m figure is just bullshit, this is an architectural conservation area (ACA)."
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