Construction of an underground link at Leinster House, the building which houses the Oireachtas, the national parliament of Ireland, was approved last month.
The estimated cost of the underground link project at Leinster House has been stated to be EUR 1M (USD 1.28M). The announcement made by the Office of Public Works (OPW) stated that Dublin City Council and the Department of Environment would be moving forward with the project since the public made no objections.
As part of the project the Leinster House campus will be connected to the Department of Agriculture headquarters down the street, with the help of an underground corridor.
The project is slated to save an annual sum of EUR 700,000 (USD 897,492) in rent of the office space. The tunnel, which is scheduled for completion in two years’ time, should cover the cost of its construction within less than a year and a half.
The Leinster House will also be made disability-compliant by the end of 2011. Additional work on the building will reach completion within a period of two years.
