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They did it in London - old homes aren’t a problem if you dig deep enough with modern technology (and London’s tube was built with much older technology). The
by DoughnutHole 3y ago
They did it in London - old homes aren’t a problem if you dig deep enough with modern technology (and London’s tube was built with much older technology).
The bigger problem is bedrock. London is built on clay, very easy to tunnel through. Limestone is tougher, and the granite of Dublin’s southside is painfully slow to carve through.
And the biggest issue is timing. We only started to become wealthy in the late 90s. By the time we put together a plan for our first metro the economy tanked. We’ve dug (part of) the plans back up so let’s see if we can hold the country together long enough to actually build it this time.