Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
9:00 am
Mr. Nigel O'Neill:
We have today committed to doing a number of studies. The annual average daily traffic in Fermoy is 19,000, which is an increase of 11% on 2016. It has been consistently increasing in recent years. There would be more traffic on the Fermoy bypass if it were not tolled. I would expect there to be 10% to 15% more traffic on it because it captures much of the long-distance demand. The question about getting rid of tolls to encourage more vehicles to use the-------
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