`IT IS the policy of Dublin Corporation to provide an Eastern Bypass route which shall link the northern port to the Rock Road by way of a bored tunnel under Sandymount and Merrion Strand.
"The precise alignment and detailed design of the route shall be subject to an EIS and all statutory requirements, including the requirements of the Habitats Directive, shall respect the amenity of the River Liffey estuary and Dublin Bay, and shall be the subject of a future Plan Variation. In this context, the alignment in the 1999 Development Plan shall be marked strictly indicative."