A Dublin TD has said in the Dil chamber that he and fellow TDs will be retired or more likely dead by the time that Dublins Metro West is finally built if there isnt a renewed focus on the project.The call is in line with transport and tendering experts, who say that Ireland should have a pipeline of projects in planning so the country can retain more staff from those projects.The 24.7km orbital line would link Tallaght, Clondalkin, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Blanchardstown, and just north of Ballymun, where it would link with MetroLink and Dublin AirportPaul Donnelly, a Sinn Fin TD for Dublin West, said: Metro West has been cancelled until 2042. I am pleading with the Minister to please put this back on the agenda because how long has it taken for Metro North [now replaced by MetroLink] to get to this stage? We will all be retired actually, we will probably all have shuffled off this mortal coil by the time it is done.He said: Metro West will connect the Dart+ to Maynooth and the newly proposed Navan rail line at Metro North. We know the M50 is at capacity. If that is not a reason to get it started now, I do not know what is. It is really time for the public transport network to be a network system that works for all. We see it in every major European country.MetroWest was being planned before the 2011 recession, when it was scrapped, and later the project was also removed from the National Transport Authoritys Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy for a claimed lack of demand to justify the project.Even the current 2022-2042 version of the transport strategy includes the claims, under the header of Orbital Luas, that analysis shows demand for orbital public transport in the Metropolitan area during the period of the strategy can be satisfactorily accommodated by bus.The note on this point states that the case for rail may change with shifting development patterns over the coming years. Transport Infrasture Ireland, the public body responsible for light rail planning, has since pushed the idea that an orbital Luas would be part of a package of light rail lines beyond whats currently planned for the capital, but there are few signs that the Government is willing to accelerate currently planned light rail projects, never mind add more Luas or Metro projects to the list.IMAGE: A map as part of TIIs push for future Luas lines. Deputy Donnelly added: The Dart+ will be brilliant when it comes into play, but it is very disjointed. We need Metro West connecting with Dart+. We need BusConnects and the NTA listening to the people who are on the ground they are the bus users and know what works. I urge the Minister to have a chat with the NTA and ask it to listen to us.Deputy Donnelly raised the issue during a Dil debate on extending the powers of the NTA outside of the Greater Dublin Area.Minister of Transport, Darragh OBrien, said that the proposed extension of the NTAs remit is a technical legal change. He said the change Is needed if BusConnects is to be progressed by the NTA, outside of the Greater Dublin area, specifically into the metropolitan areas of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford in collaboration with the local authorities. This will provide the NTA with the same statutory powers it currently exercises in the Greater Dublin Area.He added: The NTA has the capacity and experience in progressing megaprojects having successfully secured planning consents for all 12 of its core bus corridor schemes in Dublin. As I mentioned, two of those have either begun or will enter into construction shortly. This Bill will ensure that the delivery of vital infrastructure is underpinned by a robust and appropriate legislative framework.ALSO READ: Dublin should build Metrowests bridge now for walking, cycling, buses ahead of a metroIMAGE: The Metor West proposed back in 2007 .