Central government is looking at whether councils should be allowed to borrow more, to build more
The current restrictions do need to change, said a spokesperson for the Department of Finance.
The current plans to do away with the level crossing on Ashtown Road includes a tunnel, which might mean the displacement of Ashtown Stables.
Electoral reforms pushed a north Dublin suburb out of one constituency and into another. Some Ashtown residents are less than keen about their annexation.