Sir, – Your editorial (September 17th) on expanding the Dublin Bikes scheme states: "As for further expansion, Dublin City Council has approached the National Transport Authority (NTA) for capital funding, so far without a positive response."
That is not the case.
The NTA has already provided significant capital funding to support the scheme’s expansion; some €5.2 million supported the scheme’s most recent big expansion over 2013-2014. We have allocated €1.2 million in 2016 to fund the scheme’s expansion to Grangegorman, and we will look favourably at any future approach on the matter from Dublin City Council. – Yours, etc,
ANNE GRAHAM,
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Chief Executive,
National Transport
Authority,
Harcourt Lane, Dublin 2.